I couldn't have said it better myself Kevin.
/agree
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin L. Crawford [mailto:Lyrnia@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:58 AM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] GZ answers some bard questions
>
>
> I find it kind of disheartening to see all this attitude about GZ's answer
> to the question Baelish asked him. GZ didn't design the armor, the
> equipment team did. He asked them, they answered. He didn't comment on
> whether he agreed to it or not he just relayed their answer.
> Jesus... don't
> shoot the messenger guys. GZ has always tried to at least answer us.
>
> Now, my thoughts, my oppinions are below. They differ from others but
> that's ok, we're all different.
>
> 1) Bards are not primary tanks. Yes it would be _nice_ to have
> 3 or 4 more
> AC but I'm not going to stay up at night over it.
> 2) Bards have ways of reducing their taunt level now (Song of dawn,
> harmonic weapons)
> 3) ************** GZ Doesn't design armor. That's a different team
> ******************
> 4) The singing steel BOOTS are AC 18. It's not like their AC
> Sucks they're
> still better than anything else we could get before, including imbrued.
> 5) The "Magic" number for AC is about 800 AC. After 800 there
> seems to be
> a dramatic drop in the amount that you get hit. With buffs it's even
> better. Right now a level 50 warrior can get their AC to about 800 maybe
> 900 with items. We can get ours to about the same. With singing steel I
> will be able to get my AC (at 50th level) to over 900. (Warriors may be
> able to break 1000 with theirs)
>
> Why must we have the same ac as a warrior? We can kite, they
> cant. We can
> Charm, they can't, we can reduce our taunt, they can't, we can run faster
> than anything in the game, they cant. We can heal, they can't,
> we can DoT,
> they can't. Umm I'm gonna stop before that paragraph gets too long ;)
>
> I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to have more AC. I'm saying I'm not
> having a cow about a *slightly* lower AC. Now, people complain
> that rangers
> have higher ac than us. I PLAY a Ranger. They need AC about 10
> times more
> than we do. I play a Ranger and a Bard and a Warrior. Bard is
> my primary.
> My warrior does ok. My Ranger takes more dmg in any given fight than my
> bard does, hands down. They NEED that AC, they're a tank!
>
> Am I envious? Sure! Am I going to die if I don't get an extra 4 or 5
> points of AC added onto my armor? Nah.
>
> Now... the effects on the armor REALLY ticks me off. So far every effect
> they've put on there are rarely needed, two of which (greaves and
> boots) we
> have covered with forage anyway. What I kind of wish is that
> they'd give us
> effects that we don't have songs for.... hmm ok maybe just give us effects
> that we have songs we never use for ;) (FYI I can't think of an effect
> that we can't duplicate with our songs ;) Invis Undead would be nice for
> the boots though... god I'm tired of begging for one.
>
> Anyway... The armor is STILL Better than anything we could get
> _previously_
> The only reason people are upset is because other classes are getting
> _better_ ac on theirs. Uhh so what? I'm a bard. I'm proud to be a
> bard... And anything over 800AC is just bonus to me. 800 is the 'magic'
> number. Ask any warrior. The next really dramatic number is 900 and then
> 1000.
>
> Lyrnia Jongleur
> Bard of Norrath