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Message ID: 13899
Date: Thu Jan 27 23:00:17 GMT 2000
Author: Naeeldar
Subject: Re: PoA bard quests plus a rant


Heh bards aren't melee classes they don't even have double attack and until
you get a yekeshas or two you can't do much.

Naeeldar

-----Original Message-----
From: kim@... <kim@...>
To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant


>From: <kim@...>
>
>On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Naeeldar wrote:
>>
>> Heh once you level up a bit more you will find there pets becoming more
and
>> more uselss. Level 20 is still a nice pet level 24 ok level 29 pretty
good
>> only because of duel wield 34 sucks and 39 sucks to. 44 is decent and 49
>> becomes very good again. It's just a natural course and some classes have
>
>Heh, funny you should say that. My L36 necro friend's pet was
>doing more damage than me at L44 before I got my Ykesha. "But
>bards can sing songs!" Well, the necro pet also has a master
>who can sling spells.
>
>I don't entirely blame this one on necros though. In making
>melee classes so weak, Verant forced themselves into a
>position where to make a (melee) pet for a casting class
>worthwhile, it had to be unbalancingly powerful.
>
>> weak spots in their life but the rewards are greater in the end. It
sounds
>> like you want everybody to be able to do the same thing why not just have
>> one class and save yourself the trouble? Seriously necros get pretty weak
in
>> the 33-43 period of their life. Most necros go through mid life crisis
and
>
>We had a L36 and L39 necro helping us camp the ghoul lord room
>(two groups, one in each group, all other tanks and clerics in
>the low to mid 40s). Basically, the necros determined which
>group got the kill - if one went LD or afk or was late joining
>the fight, the other group got the kill. We had various tanks
>going afk, LD, etc and it didn't make much difference. Heck,
>for a while we had 4 people in one group (cleric and 3 tanks),
>and me, a cleric, and L36 necro in the other group. We were
>getting most of the kills. If that's "pretty weak" then
>something is really wrong.
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
>
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