My experience. I am a level 46 Bard. I have recently been hunting
with a Cleric (44) friend. Our strategy was simple. He would root
and I would stand back and sing Fulfils, Chant of Flame, and Chant of
Frost. Never once did a creature break root because of the damage on
these songs. The cleric even commented how nice it was that his root
was lasting for full durations. We fought in Burning Wood, the Mines
of Nurga, and Frontier Mountains. A wide variety of creatures. Our
toughest battle was against a Wurm in Burning Wood. The Wurm
resisted a root and did seem to break a few early.
Rosha Cristi, Bard
Innoruuk
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eqbards@egroups.com, "Daniel P. Sniderman" <fuzzbone@m...>
wrote:
> Last night I joined up with an Enchanter (lvl 40) and Druid
(38) from my
> guild (I'm 40) in Frontier Mountains. We were pulling stuff near a
zone
> boundary (Burning Wood I believe),
>
> Anyway - the strategy we were using was - the Enchanter would
cast
> Immobilize - sick the pets on them And Dot and DD away. I joined
up with
> them and equipped my MM Battle Drum and Chanted and Bellowed away.
>
> They noticed that after I came - the Mobs Root Broke much more
often.
> We experimented with "Just Singing Mana" and then very selectively
singing
> the songs - and had trouble coming to conclusion as to what caused
it to
> break root. (I'm using the term root generically - again we were
actually
> using the Enchanter Immobilize spell).
>
> The only theory that we came up with that seemed to make sense
was that
> any time a spell hit there was a chance it would break. Since the
bard DOTs
> duration are so much shorter than the Druid's and Enchanter's - I
would have
> to guess that is why it broke much more often after I arrived.
>
> Anyone have any insight on this? If this is true it adds an
interesting
> wrinkle to the balance issue (i.e. Verant considering Bards more
"powerful"
> in many regards due to we don't need mana. A side-effect of
"casting" makes
> the short duration of our songs much less "powerful"...
>
> Also - using this strategy - I wasn't sure what the best third
song was
> to the two chants - settled on the 21 hp's I get from Bellows - any
opinions
> on this as well?
>
> Thanks
>
> Slyde Katzenjammer
> 40th Level - Xegony Server