crescendo is actually less haste than celerity by a little. if your tanks
already have a haste item, use crescendo because their haste will max
anyway, and AC+STR is better than +AGI.
for a mantle, if you like ac (and hit points are nice too) go to burning
woods and grab a tattered mantle. gullerback is 50+ so you may not be able
to kill him, but the people in the zone may let you loot one, or like you
said the guild can go kill him. he used to be extremely common when kunark
came out, dunno if they changed that, but he drops the mantle everytime. if
buying they are cheap anyway, i think 200-ish. it is ac12 20hp 10disease.
for a cloak, you can't get up to an HBC or cloak of shadows with that amount
yet, but a simple upgrade to your cloak is either white-wolf hide,
lizardscale, or even a cloak of the icebear, which is the highest ac and
cheapest of the 3.
for belt, i don't think you will find higher ac, or at least can't think of
one.
Shada
> Which means I will learn Max's Beserker Cresendo soon. When
> i am the haster
> (IE no enchanter in group) I use Celerity now (which i LOVE,
> the agi buff
> gives a nice ac boost). Do the experienced (I aask since its
> high level
> song) bards think Besrker is better? (it gives str boost I
> think the haste
> effect is the same)
> (This is excluding the obvious benefit of guildmates saying "Olaf, do
> Beserker.")
>
> Loot: I need to upgrade my belt, back and shoulders. What do you all
> reccomend out there? I like maxing my AC, Resists, CHA, and
> STR (in that
> order). Right now I have a Kunzar Mantle (idiot me looted it
> not knowing it
> was no drop) (ac7, wis,dex,agi +3), a splinted bronze cloak
> (UGH!) and a
> straw spun belt (ac 10, but weighs 6...). I have about 2k
> right now and
> dont really have trouble making money, though I would rather
> go get a guild
> run to get new items... Any suggestions?
>
> Elfson Allegro
> Bard of Norrath since December. Well not including March and April.
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