Clavicus still sings Hymn in the Planes. (and fills up one's screen
doing it. Clavicus's song ends....) He twists Hymn and Clarity between
pulls. Windsong doesn't because she's already got wrist problems even
before this!
What I know I have seen -- Clarity (of course), the "Bind Sight"
song (Windsong saw Clavicus using this. And then did it in Fear the
other night to help choose pulls), Chains when snare won't hold
for one reason or another. I'm sure there are others. Those are
just the ones I've noticed for sure. She doesn't seem to think
her songs are worthless at all. I've even seen her
sit down between battles and mem new songs! And, when it comes
to fighting, she is in their swinging with the rest. I have never
heard her complain about being a level 50 bard.
Bards are EAGERLY desired by Phoenix on the planes, to the point they
are encouraged to come even to Fear where no bard armor drops until
they are sick of it.
Did you know a level 7 bard can take out yellow giant wasps solo?
Sarah Heacock
sarah@...
Meara, level 13 Enchanter, Master Jeweler, owner Meara's Boutique of
Mystiques, Phoenix, Solusek Ro /
Faerain, level 18 Soldier of Tunare, Phoenix, Solusek Ro /
Faesong, level 8(!) HalfElf Bard of Solusek Ro, Phoenix, Solusek Ro (dying
to giant wasps in Misty Thicket)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ryan Honeyman [mailto:honeyman@...]
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 9:58 AM
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Area Songs in Lguk [WAS:Does CHR affect Largos?
>
>
>From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
>>> 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.
>
>
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