On Thu, May 18/00, "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <
garramone@...> wrote:
> i agreed with Lyrnia too. the argument is not to have higher hit points,
> damage output, defensive skills. that is what makes a warrior/tank. the
> argument was for AC. and i agreed the singing steel AC was fine, but others
> thought it could be higher. this is a very valid point. the clerics i know
> all have AC a lot higher than me, and that is for a good reason. like
> clerics, we get our asses beat on a lot playing our songs. not as much as
> we used to, and that is another huge point, and also why i think the AC is
> fine on singing steel, i mean it's better than imbrued. they vastly reduced
> the taunt factor of our songs, and thus made the proc on a level 51+ weapon
> and level 53 song much less useful. and neither the symphonic harmony proc
> nor the song of dawn can be reliably tested, so who is to say they work at
> all? also i don't think summon drink and summon drink are useful at levels
> 51+. i didn't get 53 levels to give my group food and water. invisibility
> for a warrior... incredibly useful!
>
Or how about the Warrior bracer? Shrink, and castable on anyone in your
party. Now that's an effect. Summon food and drink just show a complete
lack of imagination, IMO.
I think the AC issue is mainly an annoyance because it's the same as
rangers. Dispite the moaning from rangers about how they are a tank and
need high AC, Verant obviously had something different in mind for them
or they wouldn't be a chain base class like rogues and shaman. Just like
Verant obviously had something different in mind for bards than the
travelling minstrel cliche or they wouldn't be duel wielding plate
wearers. Verant (Brad) already admitted they erred in making ranger
quest armor too high ac but it was too late to change it, but now they
are cutting the ac of bard's armor for no appearant reason, just like
bards were originally left off the list for black enamelled bp and the
original planes armor had comparatively lousy ac.
I think whoever had the original vision for bards at Verant is long
gone, and there's no one to speak up when the remaining designers don't
stay consistant with that original vision.
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