Huh? you are essentially locked out from attacking while casting a spell. except
for bards. i doubt it has anything to do with the animation, the game actually
is programmed so you can't attack while you are casting a spell. note that
on a few of the songs we have, we do the full casting animation as well and it
in no way affects our attacks.

At 10:49 AM 10/4/00 -0600, you wrote:

>Their delay is due to the casting animation. Since we only have an
>animation with an instrument it doesn't affect our melee, might effect our
>hth though never checked.
>
> Kit
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4(n)
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:38 PM
>To: EQBards
>Subject: [eqbards] Post from Abashi regarding archery
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>http://boards.station.sony.com/everquest/Forum2/HTML/020431.html
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>I know this doesn't affect bards since we can't use bows, but something
>Abashi said raises a question.
>
>I was never aware that primary and secondary attacks were delayed after
>casting a spell. In other words, you temporarily stop swinging for X number
>of seconds after casting a spell. X is the your weapon DLY/10.
>
>So does this affects bards? We are constantly weaving songs so do we also
>stop swinging for X amount of seconds after our songs start? I've never
>really noticed it myself so am inclined to believe this does not affect us.
>Can someone confirm?
>
>Galtin of E'ci
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