Another note on this. Iksars can forage Plains Pebbles at a skill of Below
Average. Only characters with skill above 100 have done so before this.
Kit
HEHE kit...
Your iksar isn't foraging specials. Evidently in certain zones you have a
chance of foraging a few wierd items regardless of what your forage skill
is. (Note these are different than the 'special' stuff that rangers and
druids are capable of pulling out of their assets)
Lyrnia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] GZ answers some bard questions
> I want higher forage so I can forage some of the special items, also to
make
> foraging less button pressing intensive (I already have 100 times the
button
> twiddling of any other class, why would I want more?)
>
> Even if our forage capped at 100 we would only very rarely ever get a
> special item. At 55 if I keep hitting. Now that I have money I really
> rarely care enough to do that. Be nice if the rumours ae true to actually
> be able to forage that Burynai Bundt Cake myself.
>
> What's the deal with Iksar foraging anyhow? My Iksar shaman can forage
> specials like a madman and yet his forage is below average, worse than my
> bard's.
>
> Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JasonF [mailto:jasonf@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 2:44 PM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] GZ answers some bard questions
>
>
> Everyone seems to be using Summon Food and Drink as the prime examples of
> uselessness. Well aren't we the class that has been complaining rather
> loudly for over a year that our forage was capped so darned low? Well
> aren't we?
>
> Warrior Greaves cast Invisibility. That's cool, but we have a song for
that
> guys. Think about it, we *don't* have songs that can summon food and
drink.
> I think it's kinda nifty, but I will admit that I hope the BP casts Gate.
> :)
>
> [51 Minstrel] Crier (Half Elf) <Seekers of Norrath> ZONE: work
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 2:13 PM
> > To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] GZ answers some bard questions
> >
> >
> > I'd be perfectly happy to accept the lower AC if the effects given were
in
> > any way in balance to those gained by the other classes. Point
> > is they are
> > not, in fact they patently suck.
> >
> > Being able to Summon Food and Water is totally a joke. It would be a
joke
> > if it were on armor I could get at 28th level. At 50+ it's extremely
> > insulting. I'm not sure how anyone could reasonably defend that it is
> > really useful to have at 50+. What do we have now, Verant
> > clones? Please.
> > Why would characters who have been leaving behind 5pp weapons for
> > 10+ levels
> > because they were trash loot suddenly care about 6cp muffins and milk?
> > Great, now we can save everyone in our party 1.2 sp a day, whoopee.
> >
> > Enduring Breath is minorly useful. Is it anywhere near as useful
> > as +25 STR
> > or Invisibility is to a warrior? No.
> >
> > I am more irritated by the overall combo than just the AC points.
> > It shows
> > the usual lack of any kind of thought when it comes to the bard class.
We
> > aren't a tank so we get lower armor. How does this mesh with giving us
a
> > weapon that reduces our level on the hate list? If we aren't a tank why
> > should we need a weapon to reduce hate? It certainly won't help if we
> > aren't up there mixing it up.
> >
> > Kit
> >
> > snip >I think some of us are losing sight of what the bard class
> > is. We're
> > traveling minstrels, not warriors. Symphonic Harmony proc (Evade) and
> >
> > Guys, we're a support class not warriors remember?
> >
> > [51 Minstrel] Crier (Half Elf) <Seekers of Norrath> ZONE: work
> >
> > < snip
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