Heh. I pretty much agree with your cynicism. Hence the subject line
"Probably pointless". :) However, perhaps if enough other players take note
and inform themselves about the issues with bards, this thread won't die
until it gets properly addressed by someone at Verant.
The original Bard Thread has been locked at 385 mostly well-written posts.
There seems to be a new one at
http://boards.station.sony.com/everquest/Forum2/HTML/012233.html Please
post an explanation of what you think hasn't been addressed over the past
year. I suspect that most other players of this great game don't understand
how much bard players have been ignored and how our class keeps getting
broken with new patches yet not fixed or tested or even acknowledged until
months later when Verant declares things to be 'working as intended'. Even
if Verant employees don't read the thread and understand the issues, perhaps
your post will help another player to understand. The more people who
understand what is happening (even if they don't work at Verant) hopefully
Verant will start to realize that it isn't just a typical class whine about
bards but there is a much larger issue that affects all their players.
Thanks again for your ideas and support.
Sincerely,
Aanluil Lumiaria
Erollisi Marr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Sniderman" <fuzzbone@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Probably pointless
> Pardon my cynicism (but it's hard not) - but despite all the good points
> raised - Abashi made one or two namby-pamby response. I get the feeling
he
> wanted all our comments in one place to make it easier to ignore (please
> forward all comments to /dev/null...)
>
> It seems to me the real issue here is that Verant really doesn't
understand
> our class because they think the fact that we don't use mana makes us
> incredibly powerful. Someone made a fantastic analysis (sorry forget who)
> with a post describing "Opportunity Cost" - and of course - Abashi ignored
> that post as well...
>
> Slyde
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Mann [mailto:dabard@...]
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 4:02 AM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Probably pointless
>
>
> Great post!!
>
> There is a bard thread that Abashi has started (and if you haven't heard
of
> it yet, shame on you for not keeping up on your EQ studies ;p) on the
> Gameplay forum. Currently, it's into it's 10th page, over 350 posts (and
> growing), and has yet to leave the 1st page of the forum.. Please support
> the bardic community by posting there (not looking for bumps or flames,
but
> more discussion).
>
> Also, check out the latest Daily Screenshot at EQVault featuring Yours
Truly
> ;o) (Thanks again to Chillsy over at the Concert Hall boards for the
sign).
>
> -=B=-
> 41.75
> The Rathe