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Message ID: 21703
Date: Fri Oct 6 01:24:49 BST 2000
Author: John Tatsukawa
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Mistmoore Jail


At 08:17 PM 10/5/00 +0000, Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4(n) wrote:
>Wouldn't this be considered an exploit?

Sorry, I don't think I really responded to your email, so I guess this
wasn't the last I'd say on the matter. If you mean exploit as in "you kill
them, they have no chance of killing you", then I'd have to say, "Sorta".
The melee mobs have no chance to kill you, period. The casters can (and
have) kill you, but you do get some control over it. It's possible to DOT
them, run away from the jail and then come back and DOT them. However, it's
also possible that the wandering Caitliff or PH will come in and kill you
while you're trying this. Argh, I hate contemplating these things. I just
like to play the game.

>I've camped in the MM jail on numerous occasions but always before I got the
>chant songs. Also was always in a group so we just pulled them out of the
>cells. I assume what you were doing was opening the doors, targetting one
>of the mobs, closing the doors, and then chanting until the mob died.

I would open the doors, and start chanting. I let the door shut itself. The
casters can still cast on you if you are in their LOS and within range.

>Curious what happens when the first chant hits. If it is a caster mob, does
>it cast through the door?

Yes

>Melee mobs?

They are stuck in the cell and die. I admit, that's not entirely fair for
the mob.

>What about the mobs in the other
>cells that you didn't target?

If they are casters they blast the holy heck out of you, but only if you
are in their Line of Sight and within range.

I wouldn't call this a total exploit. I mean, realistically, we can chant
things to death with selo's in the open plains and have practically no
chance of dying. Heck, I charm kite all the time and have only had a couple
of deaths the entire time (1 time because I went linkdead). I think that
this is pretty much the same thing. We can stay out of range and chant them
to death. The melee mobs, I would say that this is an exploit. But the
caster mobs I would say is more dangerous than just kiting out in the open.

---Windleaf