On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>
> I like the idea, but 18 seconds? At level 49? Is that really worthwhile?
> Won't most 49+ groups already have haste items for the tanks that this won't
> help? Maybe if it ran off a mana counter like Frenzy. Still I see this

You still have the double damage. And no, unless you're a
member of a powerguild that has been killing stuff that drops
haste items for months, not everyone will have haste items.

> like the group evac problems you mentioned. It would be nice at a lower
> level, but by that time I would think it would only help a portion of the
> group and at 18 seconds, that wouldn't make much difference.

18 seconds is plenty. Even if everyone is already at max
haste, the double damage would make it equivalent to 36
seconds of normal combat. Most fights typically last 1-2
minutes so worst case, you're cutting the total fight time by
about 12%-25%. Best case, if people only have your normal
song haste (figure about 20%), then the 18 seconds will be
equivalent to about 60 seconds of normal combat, which is
cutting total fight time by 25%-50%.

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John H. Kim
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