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Message ID: 15758
Date: Mon Mar 6 18:50:54 GMT 2000
Author: jhenders@bogon.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Level 22 woes (or why Unrest STILL sucks) LONG
On Mon, Mar 06/00, Nathaniel Clark <nkclark@...> wrote:
> From: Nathaniel Clark <nkclark@...>
>
> Not much I can add to Rokenn's words :) ... but I will
> anyways. I really liked East Karana for the DDD-CoD-HoR twist. Spiders
> and gnolls, the occasional dog or snake, and wiiide open spaces (big
> enough for AE, small enough for Selo's :)
>
> Also, you can bind in Rivervale, and have some versatility in case you
> want to go to Beholder (not that I did) or Runnyeye (where I spent a lot
> of time).
>
> Also, a lot of silk for tailoring (if you are into that kind of thing).
> If I'm not wrong, one of the vendors near the Beholder Zone has
> baking supplies as well (but it's been a while, I could be wrong).
>
> Sinistral of Karana
>
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Reeves, Patrick W wrote:
>
> > From: "Reeves, Patrick W" <pwr3@...>
> >
> > Talies,
> > Get out of Unrest.
> >
> > Go to either South Karana, Lake Rathe, or Ocean of Tears and hunt Avaiks
> > using All-Instrument attack. You will hit 25 in no time. Once you hit 25
> > you can do the Basement in Highpass Keep till 32 :)
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
> >
> > EQ Bard Song Analysis
> > http://rgonzalez.net/EQSongs/
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Talies the Wanderer [mailto:snicker@...]
> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:08 AM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: [eqbards] Level 22 woes (or why Unrest STILL sucks) LONG
> >
> >
> > From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
> >
> > Well, I logged in my Level 22.5 bard last night for the first time in about
> > 2 months (I've been playing a bunch of other classes for fun)
> > I'd put Talies away because of all the frustration that last few times I'd
> > played him. Just FYI, he *was* 23rd once...
> > His current equipment:
> > All armour is bronze except for:
> > Blackened Iron Crown, Bracer of Erollisi, Purity Belt, Banded Sleeves, 2
> > strength rings, 2 strength earrings, Grotesque Mask, so AC and STR aren't a
> > problem. He's actually not overloaded, either, so that's no big deal.
> > He's also got a combine Longsword and a Dragoon Dirk for combat, and no
> > magical instruments, though he does carry one each of the normal ones.
> >
> > He's got two "sets" for songs for combat:
> > Set 1: Outdoors/open areas (Instruments only)
> > A) Chords of Dissonance
> > B) Hymn of Restoration
> > C) Denon's Disruptive Discord
> > D) Selo's Accelerando
> > E) Largo's Melodic Binding
> > F) Shauri's Sonorous Clouding
> > G) Guardian Rhythms
> > H) Elemental Rhythms
> >
> > Set 2: Indoors/tight quarters (combat bard)
> > A) Anthem de Arms
> > B) Hymn of Restoration
> > C) Jaxon's Jig o' Vigor
> > D) Selo's Accelerando
> > E) *varies*
> > F) Shauri's Sonorous Clouding
> > G) Guardian Rhythms
> > H) Elemental Rhythms
> >
> > So, last night I logged on, I was on Faydwer, and didn't want to leave the
> > continent (not having a whole bunch of time to get a bind somewhere else),
> > so I went to Unrest. Found a group in no time (hurrah for bards), group
> > was 1 Necro, 1 Cleric, 1 Ranger a Warrior (I think) and me. No problem -
> > the Warrior, the Ranger and the Necro's pet can tank, while the Cleric and
> > I support. The Warrior was pulling.
> > The Warrior died on the first pull (trained/rooted), the Necro decided to
> > leave. The Ranger got an XP res. We filled in the missing spots, while
> > waiting for the Warrior to return, with another Necro and a Wizard. This
> > time, (since they seemed to think I can't get rooted) I was assigned to
> > pull duty. I'm not very familiar with the area, so after scouting the
> > whole ground floor (emtpy), I hear about the two new members and zoom back
> > to check them out. When I get back, the Warrior appears and starts looting
> > his corpse. Suddenly, we get an "Inc RED" from the Ranger. He dies. Um -
> > wasn't I pulling? Anyway, naturally, we had to wait for the Ranger, so
> > while we were waiting, I scouted again, this time up to the second
> > floor. "Hey, guys, what's a "Khrix Fitchoff" "BAD BAD BAD!!! Don't
> > touch! That's what killed the Ranger!" "Um - okay - he's not bothering
> > me." I guess Necro's don't mind Bards.
> > Anyway, we decided to camp the ghoul magi room. We all get there (except
> > the Ranger, who is still on his way back), and all of a sudden "A Skeletal
> > Monk hits you for 75. A Skeletal Monk hits you for 49." I looked around,
> > no monk. I ran to the other side of the room - how nice, a ghoul. We
> > start smacking it down (I'm just healing at this point) and the ghoul gets
> > out of the room - no one can seem to get a snare or root to stick. Oh, how
> > nice, just outside the room are two MORE ghouls, and a werebat. And
> > EVERYTHING is beating on the poor Bard. FLEE. DIE.
> > Okay, I get back, and first thing I hear is "Don't run, next time." Gee,
> > thanks. Run back to Unrest, find my corpse, loot and get back into Magi
> > Room. Ranger starts to come for his bodies (yes, two - his first time
> > back, Khrix killed him) and Khrix goes aggro on him AGAIN. For some
> > reason, Khrix REALLY hates the Ranger, so we decide to go outside.
> > On the wall, the usual bard hate summons us a Skeletal Monk and Undead
> > Knight - no pull necessary. I was just standing there, and blammo - there
> > they were. As we're beating on them, a wave of lag hits the zone,
> > disconnecting our party one by one. I jumped in to take the monk off of
> > the Ranger (the only one left tanking at this point) and he manages to
> > finish off the Knight by himself, while I get the monk down to half (not
> > bad for a Bard, actually). He and I play ping pong with the monk, but he's
> > too chicken to solo the monk the rest of the way (we're both at two
> > bubbles) so he backs off to let the monk beat on me while he heals
> > himself. Naturally, I died.
> > Come back, lost the Warrior, everyone else is disconnected. Wizard decides
> > to leave. Go collect my corpse, and the cleric starts reassembling a party
> > from what's left in the zone - a lot of people got disco'd
> > apparently. Nice lag-storm. At least I was the only one in the party who
> > died.
> > We juggle 3 or 4 people who decide to leave immediately for other
> > groups. Oh well. I'm very disappointed and frustrated - no
> > positive experience yet, and not even a chance to loot a bracelet. We
> > finally flesh out the party with a Druid and a Shaman (who decides
> > shrinking is cool). So the 6 of us tiny people go take the round room by
> > the back door, since it's not camped. I can't seem to find anything to
> > pull, so the Ranger gets sow'd and pulls a nice bunch of ghouls, DBS's and
> > a Werebat. Amazingly, we survive (I was only healing so that was the only
> > song I was using). Next pull, I fire up my combat songs - DOH! Wrong
> > songs! "A Ghoul Magi's Pet winces, A Ghoul Magi Winces, A Carrion Ghoul
> > Winces, A Carrion Ghoul Winces" RUN!!!!! ZONE!!!! Safely zoned. Come
> > back, apologize, we try one more time. This time, we collect a train. I
> > die first, so does the necro, party disintegrates. My corpse is still in
> > the house, and there's no one willing to help. Fortunately, it's just
> > inside the back door, so I go, corpse it out to the back wall. As I'm
> > bending down to pick up my stuff, "A Carrion Ghoul hits you for 30! A
> > Carrion Ghoul begins to cast a spell! You are Stunned. You are Rooted!"
> > Everytime I tried to run, I clicked on my corpse again and opened it up,
> > and couldn't seem to get my view reset. My girlfriend left the room at
> > this point, sick of the invectives I was throwing at the screen. So, I
> > die, two feet from my other corpse.
> > All told, 4 deaths, so I head back to BB and camp - time to go play a
> > character who can actually gain experience.
> >
> > So - there you have it. Any suggestions before I delete him? I think if
> > I can just get to 23rd, things will be much easier, with chains...
> >
> > Talies the frustrated.
> >
> >
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