> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kim [mailto:kim@...]
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 10:43 AM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Quick question re: choices of primary
> & secondary
> w eapons
>
>
> From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas) wrote:
> >
> > Try this if you are fighting bigtime casters, put on a drum
> and sit that
> > melee out, play guardian AND elemental rhythms, and see how
> happy everyone
> > is with 100+ magic resistance.
>
> At L19, Guardian Rhythms raised magic resist by +25 using a
> drum. Elemental Rhythms raised it by +25 as well. At L20, it
> was +27 each. So I imagine it'll be a while before I can use
> just these two songs to get everyone's magic resist to 100.
> Right now I can only do that if a spellcaster casts Endure
> Magic first.
You may be right, I did not learn of this stacking until i was later level.
but if most ppl have average of 25 MR, and have an item that boosts it at
all, you can still get 80+ at your level.
>
> That will feel very strange, not having Restoration memorized.
> :-) Does Clarity increase the mana regeneration rate only
> during meditation, or all the time?
You are right, it was weird at first. Since the higher you get the harder it
is to pick 8 songs to memorize, i now use the top slot for
accelerando/restoration. most of your time at higher levels you spend in a
dungeon, where accelerando will not work anyway. when i am inside i use
hymn, outside accelerando.
It increases mana regen at all times, but like my opinion on restoration, it
is much better off after fighting while the casters are meditating, as it is
just not worth it during a fight.
>
> We pulled off one helluva feat last night. One of the
> low-level paladins kept insisting on pulling, and due to the
> monster frenzy thing, we ended up with an entire orc camp and
> just about every orc nearby on us, along with a couple undead.
> I'd estimate there were about 12-15 orcs total, ranging from
> green to white to me at L20. I pulled every trick I knew with
> lullaby, getting the train fixated on me, then running around
> in circles nearby while the group finished off the few orcs
> that stuck with them. Then I'd swing through the group again
> to let them pick off a few more orcs, repeat. It was close
> and a lot of passerbys jumped in to help, but we all lived. I
> don't think we could've done it if the group hadn't learned
> the "everyone attack the same mob" and "let the bard handle
> the train" strategies I've been pounding into them.
Awesome =)
Shada Silverleaf, Level 44 Bard, Mithaniel Marr