I'll agree but SolA is a bard killing ground. I love that zone as a Ranger.
As a Bard it's suicide.
Several reasons:
For some reason the Goblins in SolA are completely impervious to Lament
(Annoying!!!!) even if it says they're sad they'll still come after you.
Goblins in general have a seriously low tolerance for music. I've found
that almost ANYTHING you sing there will get them aggro on you (even
whistling warsong, our self-only buff).
It's indoor (no running away).
Pathing is a nightmare: VERY easy to pull a monster train if you don't know
how to pull there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That being said, if the cleric is that much of an ass I'd just find another
group to hunt with. You don't tell him how to be a cleric, he shouldn't
tell you how to be a bard. If it gets you attacked more than him who cares,
you aren't a half bad tank (esp since they fixed the bash-bug on MOBS) :)
I use the following strategy in SolA: Bind, HoR, DDD, CoD. It gets me a
LOT of attention but I am gonna get it anyway, I might as well hurt EVERYONE
that attacks me. (I use pure instruments). Thus I slow down our opponents
by 30%, hurt them all at around hmm 60hp/tic and heal us all at about
12-13hp/tic. Generally the primary tank has no problem keeping the "Current
target" locked on himself, I get the rest, we kill them one at a time. By
the time we kill the 2nd goblin the rest are starting to either drop dead
from the DOT's I'm singing or are at 1/3 life and are nearly dead when we
get to them.
It works out very well, our group has miniscule downtime. The
cleric/druid/whatever concentrates only on healing me, I keep the tank
healed during combat with HoR. Since our opponents are slowed and I'm
healing I can actually heal him faster than he takes dmg.
It takes a while to prove yourself in SolA because you ARE such a huge
target. But I submit that you will be a huge target in that zone REGARDLESS
of what you sing. So enjoy yourself ;) If you're going to die, you may as
well have fun doing it ;)
~ Lyrnia
aka: Kev
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Attack speedups
> I would try that, but the cleric would probably just let me die to prove
his
> point. In Sol A it is a big taunt. If I play Hymn and my two other songs
I
> definitely get the bulk of the attention. The last 6 times we have had
> deaths in our Sol A groups, on 5 of them the deaths have gone like this.
> 1st death: me, 2nd death: other bard (lower level), 3rd death: other melee
> person. The two bards have died a combined 15 times in our Sol A guild
> groups. The other guildmembers have died a grand total of 6 times
combined.
> Every time there is a bad pull or we get trained its the bards that pay
the
> price. On one occasion the enchanter got waxed first by a wizard, but we
> were not far behind even then.
>
> Kitasi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin L. Crawford [mailto:Lyrnia@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:45 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Attack speedups
>
>
> Hmm sounds like you're letting your group dictate how to play your class.
> DONT buy into it. You know how to be a bard better than they do. Hymn is
> NOT that big a taunt. Especially in today's dungeons. They're _hardly_
> dangerous. I can walk the entire length of lower guk, live to dead side,
> and I might actually pull a train of 3 critters.
>
> Play your class the way you think it should be played. Generally I find
out
> who's doing what and then I go, OK, I'm going to be doing X. If they
argue
> I simply state "You be a (insert class here), I'll be a Bard. If you
don't
> like it, lets trade accounts".
>
> That usually shuts them up.
>
> Bottom line: You play your character, don't let others tell you how :)
>
> Lyrnia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@...>
> To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Attack speedups
>
>
> > From: "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@...>
> >
> > Our enchanter seems to have no trouble keeping both tanks Alacrity'd
thru
> > the night and still does crowd control. Yes I could give us all a
> speedup,
> > but since the only other person even meleeing is a cleric it wouldn't
help
> > much. My finger-twiddling is much better spent on Chant of Battle if
the
> > enchanter is there to Alacrity. If he's not then Anthem gets back in
the
> > mix. If bards excel at anything its that we can fill in as a substitute
> > just-about-anything. Problem I'm starting to find is that I'm only able
> to
> > get into groups that are lacking something if there isn't a person
looking
> > to group who's better at that thing as a primary role. When I do get in
> > lately its always as a tank.
> >
> > Last 3 nites: Don't chain, we're darknessing. Don't anthem we're
> > alacritying. Don't Chant we're skin like something or othering. Don't
> Hymn
> > or you'll get too much attention and die. Didn't leave much of anything
> for
> > me to do but swing, bellow and go owie. Occasionally we'd pull a wizard
> or
> > shaman gobie and I'd throw the resistances in.
> >
> > Towards the end of the night I get asked in group tell, "Can't you do
> > anything but Bellow? I thought bards had all kinds of cool songs." My
> > reply? Didn't have one, told them "I am retiring to the OOT to
> contemplate
> > life while beating head on gargoyles for a while."
> >
> > Kit
> > one very wet minstrel with a headache
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Perhaps a Princess... [mailto:sarah@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 2:32 PM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] Attack speedups
> >
> >
> > From: "Perhaps a Princess..." <sarah@...>
> >
> > Swift Like the Wind costs a LOT of mana, and doesn't last as long as
> > the lower level speed up buff. Add onto this that there is a speed
> > beyond which a weapon can't get any faster. And Swift Like the Wind,
> > in higher levels, isn't even used on people with haste sashes. Not
> > worth it.
> >
> > So. Sometimes a minor speedup is good enough.
> >
> > Quicken is very definitely a combat buff. And fairly high mana. Grouped,
> > I'd put it on my main tank and let a bard handle the speedup for the
> > rest, preferring to use mana for crowd control, or other circumstances
> > rather than keeping everyone Quickened.
> >
> > Just because it is better does not mean that it is always the best
> > use of the enchanter's mana. Bards ARE Still needed.
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Sylly Songsynger [mailto:jgs@...]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:56 AM
> >
> > >>From Eq Casters Realm:
> >
> > >Swift Like The Wind
> > >---------------------
> > >Target: Increase Attack Speed +160.
> > >Description:Great for tanks when grouped. Increases the amount of times
> you
> > >will hit in a round against an enemy. In large/long battles it can make
a
> > >huge difference. Quite deadly when used in conjunction with Languid
> > >Pace/Tepid Deeds. Combine these 2 spells when possible.. talk
> > >about breaking
> > >the odds. Slows down your opponent, increases your attack rate
> > >This spell doesn't stack with Augmentation, but as such it provides
over
> > >double the attack speed for the target and is usually preferred anyway.
> The
> > >other important thing is that this spell helps increase combat skill
gain
> > >since you are making more skill rolls with your attack.
> > >----------------------
> >
> > >So, when SLTW " provides over double the attack speed " - it hardly
> matters
> > >if VoV does a 35.271% increase or a 36.983% increase. Enchanter
> > >speed buffs
> > >are where it's at. I use Warsong because my enchanter wont give me
SLTW.
> > >She says she does not want me to die that quickly. But then again
> Innoruuk
> > >killed her and not me ;p
> > >
> > >Sylly Songsynger
> > ><The Pantheon>
> > >Bardette of 49 songs (yes, finally)
> > >... somewhere on Innoruuk
> > >http://www.sba.uwm.edu/jgs/sylly
> >
> >
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