To answer your question, yes Lullaby does suck. Basically late last year
Verant added a second resist to the song that makes it almost useless. I
don't have the numbers, but apparently a level 50 bard with high Charisma
will have more than 40% resists on level one mobs.
According to GZ (of Verant) it's only supposed to resist at approximately
the same level that the enchanters mez spell (which has, what, 15% resists?)
They are supposedly "looking into testing it", which they've been saying
since March or so.
Also, are you sure you have Bard Songs showing? They added an option to the
client software a month or so ago that allows people to turn off the
messages and "fireworks" that bards produce. I'm not exactly sure, but I
think it is located in the Options->Chat Filter or maybe General tab, on the
second or third page of options (ie. use the NEXT button to go the next page
of options). This may be why you are not getting the "a_mob_00 nods" and
resist messages.
Hope this helps...
Ogwinn Pendragun
Bard of 40 Missed Notes
PS: The absolute safest spot on Norrath to practice the Brass instruments
skill is in the Arena zone in Lake Rathe. Just make sure you play it
outside of the PVP area so nobody kills you while you are afk.
PPS: I fell for 10000 damage today in Frontier Mountains when I got hit by
a lag pocket while playing the levitation song. Made a nice red white and
blue splotch on the rocky ground below.
> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:33:28 -0500
> From: Sunski <sunski@...>
>Subject: Kelin the dubiously talented song writer
>
>Just who was this Kelin anyway? Some sort of sado-masochist?
>
>Hello, I've been a lurker for a little while. Now I'm having a bit of a
>problem figuring out what to do
>with Kelin's Lucid Lullaby. I know there's been a lot of discussion on the
>list about this song, but
>usually in relation to levels far above mine. I've been meaning to write
>this since I got the darn song,
>because I just can't figure out how to use it.
>...
>Then I get Lullaby and it's even worse than Lament was when I first got it
>because I can't see when it
>"hits" them -- I'm just all of a sudden surrounded. I pick a small group
>of blues. Run up and turn on
>Lullaby. Nothing. No "resist" message. No "sleepy/whatever" message.
>Then they're all wailing away on
>me.
>
>Can someone tell me if I'm doing something wrong or if this song just
>really sucks that bad? Should I
>wait a couple (more) levels to start trying to use it? But then I thought
>I recalled from previous
>discussion that it's completely useless after level 24? or 27? So why
>bother for just a few levels of
>use?
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>Lyressa - level 17
>Nameless
>
>p.s. If I ever run into that Kelin I'm going to have to give him a piece
>of my mind. Or maybe my foot --
>soundly on the butt.
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