Unfortunately there is not a cure for stupidity. If you joined a
group that was already established and adventured often, then
you will probably wan't to find another group. If it was a random
gathering of forces, you could probably kick the mage out,
especially if the party leader agreed. If the mage was the party
leader, then you and the other two members have the right to
disband.
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> From: Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal
> Bn[SMTP:ReeceT@...]
> Reply To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:40 PM
> To: EQBards
> Subject: [eqbards] Using the Lament song + a minor rant
>
> From: "Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn" <ReeceT@...>
>
> Last night while in the West Commonlands my party was camping the Dervish
> Cutthroat site. I live in Hawaii so at that time of the night there were
> less than 20 people in the zone and we were the only group at the dervish
> camp. We only had four people in the party, a paladin, a ranger, a
> wizard,
> and myself (all around 13th level). Because we were the only party at the
> site, when we arrived the entire camp was full of cutthroats, around 6 or
> 7
> total (fortunately no mages). Knowing that we couldn't take them all on
> at
> once, I told the party to stay back and let me do some bard magic. After
> equipping my mandolin, I proceeded to Lament (sadden) three cutthroats and
> attacked another one. I ran back out to where my party was and we easily
> dispatched the cutthroats that followed. Once we were ready, we
> dispatched
> the ones that I had initially Lamented. After that, we were able to take
> on
> the cutthroats one by one as they respawned.
>
> After the initials battles, my party thanked me for using the Lament
> tactic.
> They all stated they had grouped with bards before and had never seen the
> song used in the manner I had used it. I thought that was odd because I
> heard about the trick from this forum so assumed a lot of other people
> used
> it frequently.
>
> So what's the point of this post? Well, the bard community needs to
> educate
> the other classes on everything that we can do for a party. A lot of
> other
> players seem to think that our main purpose in a group is to play Selo,
> Hymn, Anthem, and at higher levels, Mana regen. I'm only 13th level but
> I've learned there is a lot more to it than that.
>
> If anyone else knows of similar tactics that only a bard can perform I
> would
> like to hear about them also.
>
> Now for the rant
>
> After we cleared out the initial cutthroats, we were pretty much able to
> take them on one by one from that point on until we ran into a stumbling
> block. Here is what happened. The paladin, the ranger and myself, aided
> by
> the Anthem could easily handle one cutthroat at a time. However, our
> wizard
> insisted on expending his mana with direct damage spells even though the
> tanks were whittling down the cutthroat without taking that much damage.
> The damage we were taking could quickly be healed via the Hymn after the
> combat was over. What eventually happened was that the fully healed tanks
> ended up standing around while the wizard meditated. In the meantime, the
> camp fully respawned. This time, however, there were 3 mages plus a
> couple
> of thugs. I tried the Lament trick again but a mage resisted and everyone
> got waxed except the wizard, who gated.
>
> I don't like telling other people how to play their character but how do
> you
> handle a magic user who insists on wasting his mana? The group leader
> kept
> telling him to save mana but it didn't do any good. I can see using one
> direct damage spell to help the combat but he would continue spellcasting
> once the cutthroat started to flee. At this point, no one was in any
> danger
> because the cutthroat was fighting back. He created a lot of needless
> downtime by his actions. Any other recommendation other than finding a
> different group to adventure with?
>
> Galtin
> E'ci
>
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