The bard helps all of the party. The mobs hate anyone helping anyone they
are fighting. So, you are going to be number one on their hit list. Also,
your hp is lower than the tanks. So a given amount of damage to you will be
a higher percentage of your total hp than the same amount applied to a tank.
All of the mobs will want to hit you and maybe the one other party member
who is hitting them. So, the tanks will be fighting one mob while you will
be fighting all of them.
Get some things (rings, etc.) to add dex so that you can dodge more hits.
Try to get your party to attack fewer mobs at one time - I know sometimes
they all get pulled in - but sometimes a cleric can lull a few while you
pull the other one or two away. The party can gang the one or two then come
back for the lulled ones.
Are you guys all attacking the same mob and ganging the toughest one first?
It's hard to get party members to follow even simple tactics but learning to
use the assist command will really help.
Sylly.
-----Original Message-----
From: Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn
[mailto:
ReeceT@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:15 PM
To: EQBards
Subject: [eqbards] Utility of Lullaby and
Invisibility songs
From: "Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn"
<
ReeceT@...>
I'm only 14th level and with deadlines for my graduate
thesis quickly
approaching, it may be a long time before I get the chance
to discover the
answer to these questions for myself so I'm gonna go ahead
and ask them now.
Everyone knows the bard is #1 on the hit list for enemy
creatures. In my
most recent skirmishes with the Dervish Cutthroats, I
continually found
myself taking the brunt of the damage even though there were
tanks in the
group. Even when I tried to back up and quit attacking due
to low health
the cutthroats continued to attack me even though I was
doing no damage to
them. The end result is that I ended up dying a couple of
times when other
members of my group ended up taking either zero or little
damage in the
fight.
I am hoping that when I gain the ability to sing the Lullaby
and
Invisibility song my survivability rate will vastly improve.
Here is how I
assume they work so would like confirmation if my
assumptions are correct.
For the Lullaby, if I am getting attacked by more than one
creature, I
assume that I will be able to sing the Lullaby while in
combat, put them to
sleep, and then either attack them one at a time or gain
enough time so I
can safely run away (I know this is cowardly but hey in the
end you got to
look out for your own well-being:-)
For the Invisibility song, I assume that if I turn off the
AutoAttack, start
singing the song, then I and the rest of the party will
become invisible.
Party members who continue to attack the creatures will
become visible upon
their next attack. If I continue to sing the song and never
attack again, I
assume that I will be safe for the duration of the combat.
This all assumes
that the creatures I am fighting can't detect invisibility.
Also, if I am
singing the Invisibility song and not attacking the
creatures, and then
start twisting a song that benefits the party like Hymn or
Anthem, will I
stay invisible.
Thanks
Galtin
E'ci
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