> > From: <kim@...>
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, JasonF wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for changing the subject, but I would like to see other people's
> > > reaction on the "new and improved" bard hate.
> >
> > I pretty much agree with you that it's been reduced. I just
> > wanted to comment on something here.
> >
> > > on me. In fact by the time my camping process was at 15 seconds
> everyone
> > > else in my party was dead. The mobs didn't come for me. That's

pretty

> > > unusual, but isn't conclusive.
> >
> > decides to attack you instead). I've had giants, frogloks,
> > kobolds, and various bugs all run through me and never aggro
> > on me (should /con threatening while in sneak mode and behind
> > them).
> >
> > Unfortunately, the way it works for bards is that if you're in
> > the aggro radius and your song pulses, that almost always adds
> > you to the hate list.
> >
>
> Actually this is not just unique to bards. ANY caster that fires off a
> spell (of certain types - healing, buff, etc) within agro range of a mob

> added to its hate list. Because bards are singing (almost always) the

odds

> of us accidently firing off a 'spell' while the mob is in agro range are
> greater.
>
> This has been an issue since Beta, Phase 4, when faction hits were
> implemented against _anyone_ who assists in combat against an NPC.
> Unfortunately it appears that this 'feature' was a case of severely lazy
> coding on Verant's part. You don't have to actually be 'assisting' in the
> kill or even 'assisting' the person doing the killing. All you have to be
> doing is 'casting' any beneficial (or aggressive) spell in the nearby
> vicinity.
>
> Side note: Be real careful about singing healing or buffs in the Freeport
> Bank area if someone is attacking the militia spy in the bank. You WILL
> take a militia faction hit when he dies if you do.
>
> Kevin L. Crawford
> aka: Lyrnia Jongleur, 34th bard - Veeshan
> Lyrnali Windsong, 50th bard - Test
> Kylearan Ardun'akor, 34th Ranger - Veeshan
> Various characters below 30th - Veeshan, Rallos Zek, Tallon Zek,
> Nameless, Prexus
>