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Message ID: 14744
Date: Thu Feb 10 17:57:48 GMT 2000
Author: Ryan Honeyman
Subject: RE: Area Songs in Lguk [WAS:Does CHR affect Largos?


>> With your knowledge of Lullaby now, would you even consider firing
>> up that song in LGuk? Lullaby was awesome when I used it, oh about
>> 30 levels ago. I can't even keep 3 snakes asleep now.
>
> Hrm... Interesting. Maybe you have something here.

I'm just grumpy that's all, I loved the tactics I got to employ
during my 20s, and even low 30s.

What happens is our so/so melee and so/so magic don't strike
with the force they used to when we were little. Verant puts
magic resistances on things through the roof to prevent chain
IC wizards and makes the mobs melee skills so incredibly high
that they can decimate a warrior in a few rounds. When you
toss in a bard, who excels at neither melee nor magic, the
bard truly becomes a speed/mana support class. Since his other
magic doesn't have the effectiveness it used to and his melee
coupled with low hp and mediocre ac usually gets him killed
in toe to toe combat, Verant ends up just dishing out frustration.

Speaking from the L50 perspective, you will be playing Victory
and Clarit and most likely nothing else. You may need to Chains
something once in a while, you may need to AE fear things. You
won't be using any other AE songs, including Lullaby. You won't be
healing anyone anymore. I use my Solidarity of Vision more than
Hymm nowadays. Dirge, yeah that's laughable. Charm, we all
know it's limitation. Pixie Strike is good once in a while,
but not against anything in the Planes (for all purposes). The L50
perspective also isn't fighting tower froggies or dogs in SolB, it's
in the Planes or against a Dragon, at that point you will feel your
true worth. (or lack there of)

I'd like to say there's something cool at L50 we do, and I've
racked my mind for hours trying to figure it out. It's just
so hard to find something other than Victory/Clarit.

Harmonic.