GET OUT OF UNREST. NOW.
That's the worst zone there is for a young bard. It's a train station of
the first order and was designed specifically to kill bards. The mobs are
of a wide level range and are tightly packed in a multi-level structure. If
you play *any* AE songs they're going to agro stuff above and/or below you.
One thing I did at your level was the Crag Spiders in EK at the bottom of
the ramp from Highpass Hold. Those things are remarkably good experience
and are always available. At 24th I could solo them and each one gave me a
noticable exp bump. You will get poisoned, but you will still gain 4 or so
HPs a tick with Hymn and a lute until it wears off. So find a tank buddy
and try that if you like.
Other nice places that are train-free are crocs in Oasis (deepwaters at your
level), Giant Skeletons in Rathe Mts., Aviaks in SK (dull), Scythe Beetles
in NK, DE guards in Nektulos, and if you can stand the occasional train try
Sol A, Permafrost, Upper Guk.
Being a bard is diffucult, and high level bards are pretty rare. In my
guild I have talked with several people while grouped that said basically
the same thing: 'Yeah, I started a bard, got to level X and said screw that.
I've never died so much to level so slowly.' so it's definitely not for
everyone. It's a hard class, but it's FUN AS HELL and I encourage you to
get 23rd. Chains does help our class quite a bit.
[48 Bard] Crier (Half Elf) <Seekers of Norrath> ZONE: work
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Talies the Wanderer [mailto:snicker@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:08 PM
> 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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