On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:
>
> I thought he specified it would not stack with any other haste effects?
It wouldn't. But since it's faster, it would override. The
numbers I gave below are assuming you're going from a 20%
reduction in delay to a 50% reduction in delay.
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> 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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