I don't remember seeing my post posted--so here it is
again.
Thex Luteslinger (Tunare)
37th level bard
>
> Renbre stated that he noticed that level 39 was the
> first level where he could get the mob to stop using
> chain/fear when the mob was at half health...Prior
> to
> that he was not able to stop the mob at half health
> (I
> have never been able to yet myself). So I'm
> wondering
> if the boost in affect of chains occurs at level 39
> or
> so in both attack slowdown and movement slowdown.
>
> Thex Luteslinger (Tunare)
> 37th level bard
>
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 12:06:38 -0500 (EST)
> > From: kim@...
> > Subject: Attack speedup/slowdown timings
> >
> > Ok, big surprise with the slowdown songs (Binding,
> > Chain,
> > Cessation). Binding and Chain DO become more
> > effective as you
> > level. I suspect though that it's a sudden jump
> at
> > a certain
> > level. I first timed these around level 25 and
> got
> > a 30%
> > increase in time (3.0 -> 3.9 sec). I retested at
> > around L30
> > and L35 and got the exact same results. So I
> > assumed it was
> > constant and didn't bother testing again. I
> tested
> > it again
> > at 48 and lo and behold:
> >
> > 30.3 sec - 10 attacks, normal
> > 42.6 sec - 10 attacks, Binding
> > 42.6 sec - 10 attacks, Chain
> > 42.8 sec - 10 attacks, Binding + Chain
> > 36.5 sec - 10 attacks, Cessation
> > 36.5 sec - 10 attacks, Cessation, w/ lute
> >
> > In terms of % slowdown:
> >
> > Normal = 0%
> > Binding/Chain = 28.9%
> > Cessation = 17.0%
> >
> > In terms of % increase in delay (which is what I
> > used for the
> > figures on Rokenn's site):
> >
> > Normal = 0%
> > Binding/Chain = 40.6%
> > Cessation = 21.7%
> >
> > And just for comparison:
> >
> > Torgors = ~100% (3.0 sec -> 6.0 sec, but timed
> over
> > 1 attack)
> >
> > A cookie to the first bard who figures out at what
> > level the
> > increase kicks in.
> >
> > --
> > John H. Kim
> > kim@...
>
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