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Message ID: 1447
Date: Thu Jun 3 16:01:43 BST 1999
Author: firehawk@xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: Accelerando Question


Young singer ye have too much worry. Accel with a drum
negates root at any level to mine experiance thou I know
not about snare.

Adon singer of the Glories of Veeshan
Child of Cathar
Bard of Povar


On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:38:48 -0500 eqbards@onelist.com wrote:
> From: "Jones, Brian" <brian.jones@...>
>
> I have heard that Acc at higher levels negates root
> and snare. Is there any truth in this statement? Also
> does the bard get a song that lets him gate back to
> his bound position?
>
> Cwelenas of the 5th Chorus, Qeynos
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: John Kim[SMTP:kim@...]
> > Reply To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 9:34 AM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Macro setup for bards
> >
> > From: John Kim <kim@...>
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, J.M. Capozzi wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, I rarely if ever mouselook in the game. I prefer to
> > > have my hands on the keyboard as much as possible. I know
> > > there are those that hate keyboard turning, but other than
> > > that, mouselook and button clicking tends to slow you down
> > > in combat, especially when there's a lot going on.
> >
> > I just remapped all the keyboard commands to the left side of
> > the keyboard (old Netrek trick :-). I use mouselook all the
> > time, and I have all the keyboard controls at my fingertips
> > all the time. The only time I feel clumsy is when I'm typing
> > a message and something happens (It's shift-del to erase a
> > message btw). Otherwise my right hand is always on the mouse,
> > and my left hand is always at its rest spot on the keyboard
> > with all the commands immediately available.
> >
> > i.e. my movement keys are e, s, f, c; d is center
> > q is target nearest NPC, w is open inventory, r is run,
> > g is duck, z is switch camera, x is switch view, v is con,
> > etc.
> >
> > Another advantage of this is that if you're using mouselook
> > (holding the right mouse button down) and you hit either the
> > left or right key, it strafes/slews instead of turns. After a
> > while, that's easier to do than hit a different key, which is
> > good since I'm running out of keys on the left side. :-)
> >
> > > I use the mouse to open distant doors (the U key most times, if I'm
> > going
> >
> > This is the only key I haven't managed to remap yet. :-)
> >
> > > fight again. If we have to run away, no matter which hotbox I'm on,
> > it's 3,
> > > Selos starts.
> >
> > I have a "natural" keyboard which is split, so 5 and 6 are the
> > easiest keys to locate without looking. My Selo's sits on 5
> > right now, although I'm trying to condition myself to have it
> > on 6 since 5 is easier to twist with 3 and 4. I'd been
> > experimenting with having inventory slots on two banks so I
> > could keep Selo's always available. At your level and speed
> > it probably doesn't matter anymore, but as we've been
> > discussing here, at lower levels you *need* the drum to get
> > away from some mobs.
> >
> > --
> > John H. Kim
> > kim@...
> >
> >
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