Taken from the Gameplay forum
http://boards.station.sony.com/everquest/Forum4/HTML/044232.html
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Ok, I've forwarded this to the tuning and live teams and I hope to
get back to address everything in a day or two. There are a couple of
issues that I'd like to pull out and comment on now though:
>>>* Angstlich's Appauling Screech (26) – Fear does not
interrupt
casting.
Fear (no matter who its cast by) has never interrupted NPCs who are
casting spells.
>>>* Still missing 49 song- thanks for asking for our input. Lots of
good suggestions out there.
This probably shouldn't be included in a list of "bugs". One day we
might put one in, but we don't have anything planned for this slot at
present.
>>>* Item Switching: No other class switches items as much as bards -
period. Bards are constantly switching between instruments because of
song requirements or increased effects. Why should the interface be
such a pain or cause carpal tunnel?
We've spoken about several options including a drop confirmation, and
a /command that would make you swap out your items in specific
inventory slots. I'm not sure when, or if we will something
implemented here, but it's on our whishlist.
>>>* Any possiblility for a /twistsong ####, where # is the gem #?
Would make twisting considerably easier than hitting keys twice every
3 seconds.
Probably not. We'd really like to see bards actively played, rather
than passivly sitting there after typing one command. The more
dexterous the person behind the keyboard is the more benefit that a
bard can impart to the party. A person who can compose a song of 3
different melodies and change instruments at the same time is a
formidable bard indeed
>>>* Sing emote. Nice for roleplaying.
Possible, but it would be low priority.
>>>* Magical bard musical instruments give no indication of their
effect on the player (+5% String, +20% Percussion, +10% to Brass,
etc). It would be nice to either see this info with a right click or
when using the identification song.
The bonus varies on a per song/per instrument basis. I'd doubt that
we could come up with a concise representation, and I'm also not sure
that we'd want to. There are other held items in the game that
increase the effectiveness of spells and do not specify by how much
in their description.
>>>Oversight: Bards are now using mana on 2 songs, but do not get
benefits of clarity or mana song. Why are bards the ONLY casting
class that do not get mana regeneration benefits?
Not an oversight at all. We needed a method to place hard limits on
how well, how often, and how long a specific song could be sung. We
decided that we didn't want anything to adjust that limit. We have
offered to switch DDD to a resing timer (same as a recast timer), but
the charm song will remain on mana.
-Gordon
Rosha, Woodelf Bard
Guildleader, Legends
Innoruuk