On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Adam Wasserman wrote:
>
> Shaurii's Song of Solidarity
> Party Buff, Wind
> Effect: Party is immune to bash/slam line of attacks.
Heh. I would settle for "party saves against bash/slam are
treated as NPC saves against PC bash/slam."
> 15. Song of Silence: good idea, but I could see Verant vetoing it
> immediately. With a quick MR debuff from an enchanter, this song would make
> casting mobs chumps. (a wiz with no songs, is easy prey, even if he is dual
> wielding FS spears)
You mean kinda like root/snare/SoW makes melee mobs chumps?
I don't see this song/spell as an option. I see it as a
requirement if they want any semblance of balance between
casters and melee.
> 16. Serious upgrade to healing: again, HELL YEAH
I would wait to see how much damage the ubermobs do against
appropriate level players before deciding. When I was in my
teens, giants almost always hit for 100+. Now that they're
green to me, they miss a lot and seem to average around 30-40
per hit. Hymn + Niv's IMHO is about right for the L47-50
range. A tad underpowered when solo, a tad overpowered when
grouped with 5-6.
> 18. Group damage dispersion/distribution: very interesting, I like the fact
> that it is a double edged sword. It will help spread the damage out, however
> if someone is close to dying, then this could concievably kill them. serious
> invsetigation would need to take place regarding PvP aviodance. (bard gets
> pissed at wiz, fires this song up and jumps off the ramp to HHP in EK.)
I like this idea too, but from a playbalance standpoint, you
have to consider it with the cleric's AE heals (which are like
2.5x more efficient than their targeted heals if a full group
is damaged).
> 20. Upgraded mez capabilities: I'm not sure we need an upgrade, just fix
> what we got.
You know, if I had any faith that they'd actually read my post
(took, what, 3 weeks for them to respond to my Lullaby post?),
I'd grind the numbers for Lullaby/Pixie Strike resist rates to
make bards X% as effective as enchanters at mezzing. Last
night we had two bats several times. I tried both Pixie
Striking one, or helping the others fight while letting the
second bat beat on me. Basically there was no difference.
The resist rate is so bad that my crowd control ability is as
effective as my damage infliction capability.
--
John H. Kim
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