hehe John, I run an SK, used right, HT is FAR from a joke. It's a very
useful skill. Unfortunately it gets !?!resisted!?! a lot (something SK's
bitch about regularly). Dirge is a joke because it pisses off everything
around you (300hp tends to do that) and doesn't kill anything.

A high lvl SK can do one hell of a finishing blow or emergency blast to grab
attention with their HT. Technically we could use Dirge the same way.
Difference is, they have the defensive skills, and hp, to take the beating
this brings upon them. We get that beating multiplied by however many npc's
are in range... not exactly healthy.

Although, I have used Dirge to give our caster time to get Evac off. I even
lived after doing it once ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: <kim@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Umm... easy on the mana...

> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Kevin L. Crawford wrote:
> >
> > Remember: 1 bar of mana recharges SLOWER than SK harm touch or Paladin
>
> Actually, if you sit, it recharges faster.
>
> > Layhands (both of which are horrendously powerful and are just _skills_,
> > skills they get at level _1_). I
>
> Because of the way they've made mobs (2-10x the hp of
> equivalent level players), harm touch is a joke. Much like
> dirge is a joke.
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
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