in a group i'll sing celerity, chant of battle and manasong or regen. But i
will not only sing mana, any group that starts tellin me what to sing and
only sing can kiss my blue butt
But i'm probably gonna end up stayin in rathe mountains for a few levels so
means i'll make some nice cash while im there. I'm allready up almost 1000pp
in gems, and i dont think i'll be leaving there till i have at least 2
stacks of 20 rubies, who knows i might stay till im 46 and with a full
backpack *shrug*
Minkin Nehoc
Dark Ones
Sol Ro
-----Original Message-----
From: John Tatsukawa [mailto:
john@...]
Sent: October 5, 2000 2:55 PM
To:
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Subject: RE: [eqbards] Charming/CoM
At 10:03 AM 10/5/00 -0400, Cyr, Thierry wrote:
>i find the more i level up, the easier it is to find groups, if i do an ooc
>asking for a group, i often end up turning down 2-3 groups. That said, i
>moved away from kunark to solo some giants (where i'm still getting tells
>without advertising asking if i want to group). on a side note, i want to
>thank the people that posted stuff about rathe mountains here and there in
>the past, I've taken this info and put it to very good use. I have very
>little time lately to play, so i try to make the most of my time and thats
>exactly how i spend it, charming giants (which is a hell of alot funner
then
>a ridge group in dreadlands).
>
>Not only is my xp actually moving fast in a hell level, but the cash is a
>bonus too. In only about 2 and half-3 hours or so, i now have 8 rubies on
me
>(i buy them to drop the cash weight) and have gotten well over a bub of xp
>(which in a hell level means about 2-3 bubs normally). Im not a super charm
>kiter yet as some people are but im improving, and its sometimes hard to
>find giants there when other groups are camping them. Mind you i still can
>drop 3-4 of them before they pull their second one. Another thing that is
>great about them is they max lev at 37, which is same as our low lev charm
>song so no need for mana.
>
>Anyways, thanks for the suggestions to go kill the giants, and also thanks
>for the suggestion on buying rubies with the cash and reselling afterwards
>at a loss of about 10-12pp per gem (big deal).
>
>Minkin
>lev 40 and climbing
>Sol Ro
>
>P.S. Nothing quite as satisfying watching a 3 druid and a shaman group
>sitting there while you finish off a couple of giants.
Lol. Good to hear Minkin! I am in the same boat as you. I usually can only
play for 1.5 to 3 hours tops and it's hard to find a group, get together,
find a hunting spot and hunt before I have to leave.
I'm level 40 as well and find the giant hunting a very nice alternative (I
have yet to get a forest loop from these stingy buggers), and the money is
pretty decent from all the tunics and various weaps I get off of 'em.
However, it can get to be a bit tedious after a while, so I've journied to
City of Mist and am still getting pretty good experience as these groups
love having a bard. Not a great place during off hours, but I'm going to
explore the emerald jungle area and see if I can charm/kite around there.
The trees will make it difficult, but I'll see if I can find a clearing
somewhere as I like to use 3rd person perspective when charming.
Oh, I'm on Bertoxxulous so CoM hunters may be different, but there usually
is only 1 or 2 groups hunting here, and it was fun to use my lament and
pull for the group, and charming the extra if we get 2 of them.
Incidentally, at my current level I find that in a group during combat I'm
either weaving Celerity and Arms with either mana/hymn (for groups with
more tanks than casters, also improves my melee skills which have waned due
to all my charm/kiting)or using my 2 chants (w/tambourine) with mana or
hymn. Kind of curious about what other bards like to weave in a group at
level 40. I agree with previous bards that throwing in manasong during
combat is more of a gesture than it is effective, but I refuse to just sing
manasong.
Windleaf Mistsong
Clan Battlehammer
Balladeer of the 40th song
Bertoxxulous
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