But what is wrong with having a secondary class to perform AE crowd control?
Every other primary game function (tanking, porting, DD, DOTs, etc) has a
class that does it best followed by classes who can do it but not as good as
the primary class. And IMO it wouldn't devalue the enchanter class. Groups
would still prefer enchanters over bards for crowd control because they do
it better. But if an enchanter is not available, then a group with a bard
can still go, albeit with higher risk, to the high level dungeons where
enchanters are considered mandatory. The "risk vs reward" theme is part of
the official Vision (tm). So groups willing to risk going to these places
with a bard to handle AE crowd control deserve the chance to get rewarded if
they are willing to risk it.
Galtin
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Merck [mailto:
mmerck@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:01 AM
To:
eqbards@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Another Lullaby question
I think the reason lullaby will never work to the degree we all want it too
is simple - it would devalue the enchanter class to such a huge degree there
would hardly be a need for them. It would be so hugely unbalancing that VI
will never make it work the way it seems it should.
An AoE mez that doesn't require mana, doesn't require targeting, allows you
to melee as well and crowd control with no effort, risk or thought other
than hitting a single hotkey is just too powerful.
It's the same reason they nerfed 54 chains.
Maybe what people should do is offer suggestions about how to balance the
song in a different way other than having it not work 90% of the time. Like,
make it cost mana for each pulse or make it effect the bard as well as the
mobs, or make it a single pulse song instead of a constant one.
> After looking over the Lullaby data again while posting a huge
sledgehammer
> of a question hit me over the head.
>
> Why does Lullaby have a secondary resist???
>
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