On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Webber, Jessica wrote:

>
> I do have a question though. I've been travelling with a level 8 halfling
> druid friend of mine, and whether singing or not, she outruns me by a long
> shot. At the time we were both stripped of everything (multi-zone trip, so
> all posessions went into the bank) and she had not cast any buffs on either
> of us. Are wood elves/bards naturally slower than halflings/druids? I
> spent some time hunting in Mysty (just long enough that I was ready to
> attack the guards for killing every mob within an 8 mile radius of the wall
> just when I had them down to their last breath!) and noticed that while
> running with Accelerado I was still getting passed by others (presumably
> using SOW). Anyone care to shed some light on this?

Do you have a slow computer? If your computer can't keep up
with the graphics, you will not move until it catches up, net
result being you run slower. At L15 I tested accelerando with
a drum vs. a L30 druid using SoW - I was slowly (very slowly)
able to catch up. At L20, I can catch up to someone with SoW
fairly quickly (I don't blow by them, but the speed difference
is obvious). Sometimes I turn around after passing them and
wave at them while running backwards. :-) I suppose the
easiest way to test this would be to group with your druid
friend, make sure she *doesn't* have SoW on, and see if you
run at the same speed.

Another thing I've noticed is that my run/walk toggle is
sometimes switched when I zone. This started a few days ago;
I'd never experienced it before then.

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John H. Kim
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