Every Monday we should all post to the gameplay forum
asking: "Is Ester back from vacation and has she given
you an answer on changes to the song yet?"
--- Adam Wasserman <
wassermana@...> wrote:
> Kit,
>
> I haven't been under a rock. (although it may have
> been safer there, maybe I
> should try it) I've seen and contributed to many of
> the posts. But when I
> read Abashi's reply, I honestly believe he has
> absolutely no idea what we
> are talking about when we reference the problems
> with chains and lullaby.
>
> Quote:
> ------
> "I'm not sure what is supposed to be wrong with
> chains. Some changes were
> put in to put in a maximum amount that a creature
> could be slowed prior to
> applying any slowing related to damage. The change
> was intentional.
>
> As for lullaby, I just said in another thread that
> Ester, the one who was
> going to look at this, is on vacation, and I'll have
> to check with her when
> she gets back. Now that I think of it, I think I may
> remember someone
> stating that lullaby's current functionality is
> intended, as it's the only
> thing to keep them from trivializing encounters.
> I'll have to check with
> Ester when she gets back to be sure."
>
> Like you, I refuse to believe they are outright
> lying, so I come to the
> conclusion that he has no clue. He remembers the
> patch that nerfed chains,
> but he doesn't know how it affected the lower level
> song. Again with
> lullaby, he remembers the last time it was looked
> at, but doesn't know that
> we still see a HUGE problem.
>
> Maybe I'm hopelessly optimistic and refuse to see
> the truth that is evident,
> but I just can't imagine that he knows and is
> covering it up. Instead I
> think that he is hopelessly swamped by email,
> message board postings and
> whatever other work he may have and in that mountain
> of information, ours
> got pushed to the bottom and never seen.
>
> Draelon Stormsong
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W.
> [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 11:37 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Oh this can't be good....
>
>
> I generally try to be open-minded, but...
> I agree with you on the experience parts of your
> post, not a big deal, and
> its not going to change.
>
> On the song related parts of your post though, have
> you been living under a
> rock for the last 6 months?
>
> There have been numerous postings to the EQ boards,
> emails directly to GZ
> and Abashi, posts on the EQ_Caster's Board (which
> they do read), as well as
> messages sent thru Baelish (runs EQ_Casters, talks
> to GZ nearly daily).
>
> Many of these posts have contained ridiculously
> detailed information on the
> problems with the broken songs. John Kim and myself
> have broken the things
> down statistically to the point where it was readily
> apparent that the
> resist rates were down to tenths of a percent with
> variances of +/- 2 tenths
> of a percent.
>
> There is ABSOLUTELY no way they can claim they don't
> know what we think is
> wrong with these songs and still be truthful. They
> ARE ignoring us.
> (Harmonic is gone right? If not, my apologies Harm)
> Well maybe they aren't ignoring us, but in that case
> they are purposely
> lying to us instead. I prefer to assume the former.
>
> Kitasi Faegehearper
>
> 1) They aren't ignoring us. Instead they just have
> no idea that we think
> there is a problem that needs to be looked at.
> Abashi is a busy man, I'm
> willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and
> hope that he missed our
> posts or forgot them.
>
> 2) If we can make them aware of what we think is
> wrong, then we can get them
> to look at it and there is a possibility that we can
> get it fixed. This to
> me is good news. The only problem is how to get our
> thoughts looked at. I
> suggest we write up a concise description of the
> problems. (insane resist
> rates on pixie strike and lullaby and
> ineffectiveness of snare since the
> patch) then we post it to the bug board and the
> gameplay board, as well as
> emailing it to abashi.
>
> Draelon Stormsong
>
>
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