Back when Menuette was alive the most amusing group I was in was 3 necros,
one shaman, a druid and myself a bard. She was upper 20's so no mana song
... but the three Necros and the Shaman were pacting/cannablizing
(respectively thier hp to mana lines). The Shaman and Druid were trading
off tanking ... I was a reserve tank (yes - both could out tank poor
wood-elf me). Our downtime was quite minimal - usually the Druid went low
mana healing himself after tanking out a DoT kill. We were doing
yellow/red gnolls as fast as we could find them. So yes - hymm to mana with
no Clarity even but with a shaman/necro heavy group worked nicely. Worked
best with me in instrumental mode.

- the ex-Menuette

----- Original Message -----
From: Egelhof, Tobias <tobias.egelhof@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:32 AM
Subject: [eqbards] healsong vs manasong

> hey all,
>
> i heared you talking about bards and their problems getting into groups
just
> before the transformation into a manabattery at 32. i didnt have problems
> finding a group but have been frequently asked for that song, finally made
a
> hotkey "/g i get manasong at lvl 32, sorry" ;)
> then i grouped with a shaman and noticed him losing health. i asked him
and
> he told me he was transforming hp into mana. hey, i thought, this turns
> healsong into manasong! it worked out well of course.
> do you have any experience with that? at wich level do shamans get this
> spell? can other classes do this as well (necros)? if yes it would be
> interesting to see what is more effective, manasong or healsong while the
> casters eat their legs.
> and then, try weaving heal and manasong with this tactic. should be very
low
> downtime for shamans this way.
>
> cheers
> thony, 31 songs manasongless, the tribunal
> tobi, 7 songs, tholuxe paells
>
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