LOL, I was about to post that I went back and asked those bards what they
meant regarding the Orb and of course it was the Shimmering Orb and not Orb
of Tishan :). Exact same reasons. The less attention a level 50 bard
attracts, the better...
Taneran Dreamweaver
<Clan Jax>
Bard of the 46th song (finally out of hell!)
Prexus
----- Original Message -----
From: Sylly Songsynger <jgs@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Slashing weapons for bards question...
> From: "Sylly Songsynger" <jgs@...>
>
> Perhaps he means shimmering orb - AC 15 equips as a shield. I got one
that
> I use in the Planes. I can stand in the melee and not worry about getting
> excessive attention. With 6 Note and Yk, I would draw attention and take
> damage. Then I went to 6NB and Dragoon Dirk. Then I got the Shimmering
Orb
> and enjoy the ac boost and can pretty much melee the whole time. My
personal
> opinion is that my greatest value to my group and our team is my delivery
of
> mana. If i die, it's a big waste of time and mana and adds to instead of
> reducing the down time. Plus I am totally sick of dying. Sure 49/50 res
> gets you 80-90% xp back but 4 deaths with exp res's is still over half a
bub
> and at 48 thats *hours* of boring camping blues. So my focus is on
survial,
> mana delivery and what ever additional buffs or resists are required.
>
> Sylly
>
>
> > From: Greg Gillan <ggillan@...>
> >
> > Taunt on the orb is huge, and it goes off a lot. Great weapon when
> there's
> > no enchanter around though.
> >
> >
> > Elwyn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Illian [mailto:jeff@...]
> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:08 PM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Slashing weapons for bards question...
> >
> > Every 50th level bard I know
> > tells me that what I'm really going to want short of planes weapons is
an
> > orb or duel EBWs so I can still damage without the taunt. We'll see :)
>
>
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