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Message ID: 16528
Date: Tue Mar 21 18:01:57 GMT 2000
Author: Kevin L. Crawford
Subject: Re: [eqbards] emergency: please read reguarding new bard songs


hehe
Another reason why I probably won't be playing EQ after the expansion
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Honeyman" <honeyman@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:46 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] emergency: please read reguarding new bard songs


> From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
> > When Gordon says that some of the new mobs will make Vox/Nag look like
lawn
> > trash you bet we need better songs. When many of the other classes are
> > getting group buffing spells our songs need to keep pace with this power
up.
> > Many of the classes are getting insta-kill spells at 60th (Wizards:
> > Distentagrate. Necros/Clerics: Banish Undead, Magicians: Banish
Summoned)
> > This is the level of power 60th lvl groups will have. Makes me think I
> > undershoot on my song ideas.
>
>
> Set your ideas to the level of a 12yr old GM. Insta-kill?
> Deathtouch? What every happened to skill based playing ;p
>
> They can't up the hp anymore, so now be looking for extreme
> damage factors. Since NPCs never really casted with intelligence,
> I would expect more instakill type mobs. Hell if Verant can't
> make their AI very good, they can just add:
>
> player->set_hp(- player->query_hp()) that always works at making
> an NPC win. (ala 12yr tactics)
>
> mob->say(player->name + "!")
>
>
> haha, HARMONIC! argh...
>
> Harmonic.
>
>
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