I twist Bellow with hymn in battle with no healers when I melee. Twist two
bellow and one hymn in quick succession and hymn should always be up (unless
your MOB is barshing and stunning you :P) while you're doing up to 14-16
additional damage every three pulses.
~Rolaleil
Bard of the 15th Yip!
Armigers of Mirth, E'ci
>From: "Webber, Jessica" <webber@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@egroups.com
>To: "'eqbards@egroups.com'" <eqbards@egroups.com>
>Subject: [eqbards] RE: Newbie bard race to 12
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:12:23 -0400
>
>Tsengu/Tszaaz wrote:
>
> > In fact *puts on Arcane Cap of Linear Time
> > Perception* it
> > was about, oh, 11pm EST, so you win! :o)
>
>Woohoo! Thanks.
>
> > I took a peek at the Lake of Ill Omen
> > and decided my
> > time is probaly now best spent elsewhere, so, off to Unrest!
>
>Unrest eh? Never been there. I'll check it out though.
>
>My big question now is what songs to use when. I discovered at 11 I could
>solo better twisting only hymn & warsong w/o instruments as opposed to
>hymn/warsong/CoD w/o instruments (weapons beat instruments hands down at
>11). This is probably due to dropping songs while twisting 3 in less than
>perfect conditions. Knowing this I've got to really focus on the two most
>effective songs and what to throw in as a third if possible.
>
>My big plan for 12 while soloing is still hymn & warsong. I'm guessing
>Bellow beats CoD (especially with weapons) so I'll through that in as a
>third song. Or should I focus more on offense and sing warsong & bellow
>and
>occasionally hymn?
>
>Grouping really depends on the group & whether we're likely to be fighting
>singles or multiples. But here's what I did at 11. Any suggestions for
>12?
>
>Hymn - during battle if no healer, between battles irregardless
>CoB - if caster heavy group and I'm not tanking
>warsong - if caster heavy group and I am tanking
>anthem - melee heavy group
>CoD - in battle & with hymn if additional mobs show up and start picking on
>a caster, or when pulling to get a mobs attention faster, or in battle if
>I've switched to my lute to heal someone
>Jig - between battles when you get a caster that swears it's affecting mana
>and you're too tired to argue. Usually I've got Lament in that spot
>anyway.
>I rarely use either.
>E Rhythms - in place of CoB in caster heavy groups where I'm not tanking,
>in
>place of hymn otherwise. CoB/Hymn would still be that third song I'd try
>to
>fit in if possible.
>
>So now where should Bellow be used? And do you see anything drastically
>wrong with what I've been doing?
>
>Peace
>Evulia, twink of twelve tunes, Tunare
>
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