On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Rogers Pessin wrote:

>
> I just experimented with this last night, after twisting them
> together for the past couple of weeks. I used a combine long sword
> (28 delay) and swung 20 times (after the very first swing which
> counted as 0) and ran each test twice.
>
> - With no songs going, 20 swings took 56 seconds, which confirms what
> someone said earlier about the delay representing tenths of seconds
> of delay.
>
> - With Anthem as my only song, 20 swings took 51 seconds, or
> aproximately a 10% decrease in delay.
>
> - With just Whistling Warsong going, 20 swings took 48 seconds, or
> aproximately a 15% decrease in delay.
>
> - With both Anthem and Warsong going, 20 swings still took 48
> seconds, indicating they do not stack in terms of cutting down on
> your delay any further. You do still get a STR boost from each song.

This matches my findings. I also used a combine longsword.
The fellow who used punches (slower) got slightly different
results (bigger speedup). I'm going to test it again with my
combine rapier (faster).

> Based on this, I'm now no longer going to bother stacking both songs,
> and when solo I'll likely twist Warsong with Bellow and Healing. In
> groups I'll do Anthem instead of Warsong. I am going to test this
> one more time on a weapon with a greater delay just to be 100% sure.

Warsong also gives you a pretty good bonus to AC, which can be
useful even in a group (since most mobs end up attacking the
bard).

--
John H. Kim
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