>>  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.