Alot of people just don't seem to understand just what a Bard can give to a
party. They think either think that a Bard sucks as a tank, or sucks at a
healer, or sucks at something else, and there's always someone that could do
something better than a Bard! I recently tried to discuss the advantages of
a Bard in a party with some guy on the EQVault board, but he really didn't
want to understand what I was saying about the advantages of Bards. Alot of
people have their own ideas on things, sometimes something happened to them
once, and they think it's a fact from that point onward, sometimes they just
like to believe in superstition. The thread on the boat crashing and it
being Bard's fault is one example.
I typically group with the same people all the time so I generally don't run
into these things, except possibly when we add another member. Maybe when
they're joining they choose to keep their mouths shut a little bit more.
) But, I have been asked to not play Selo's when a Druid joins.... I say,
"Okay, NP, Can I get a SOW?" : ) IMO Sow is much better for saving a party
when things turn ugly, cause I don't have to stick around and make sure
everyone's under the effects of my song. I've died numerous times this way
while saving the whole party.
On the Jig... Every member of my regular party has said it helps. There
hasn't been a stopwatch timing kinda thing going, but they still say they
notice it. Every mana user that groups with us I ask if it helps too, and I
haven't heard even one person saying no. I'd say there's enuf people saying
Yes, it does, to warrant believing it. : )
Here's the URL to that EQVault thread if anyone cares to read it.... With
the new boards, I'm not sure it will work, but here goes anyway....
http://boards.vaultnetwork.com/showpost.pl?Board=eqmagic&Number=1846&page=22
&view=expanded&sb=5
If it doesn't work, the post currently resides on the 22nd page (in 10
message at a time view mode) of the EQMagic Board with the Header "Bards
need fixing..." by Anonymous.
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From: Roop Dirump <
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Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 10:21 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Jig and Mana Regeneration
>From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
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>Mana and the Jig O Vigor, true or rumor?
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>Tonight with a group, one member complained about me negating his SoW, but
I
>had no accel going (sheesh was in the group three minutes and hadn't sung a
>note, besides why would I? They were campers). So I memorized Jig and
>played it, mentioning how I thought it was supposed to increase
regeneration
>%15. The cleric informed me Jig was making his mana regenerate slower, he
>"should have been done by now." Far from it for me to play a song not
>wanted, forgot the Jig. After an easy battle and burnt mana, he told me,
>indeed, mana regenerates faster without any bard Jig. Then things became
>nasty, one fellow brought a train and I saved them all with a lullaby, and
>no accelerando might I add, and quite a haul to the zone. But they thought
>they were just good or lucky for all surviving that time and I didn't want
>to try explaining to them what I did, so I just camped! Got me a little
>irritated, just the remark that Jig was making them regenerate slower!?
OO,
>that's what got me.
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>All I know--these folks were hostile towards bards, and the fellow who was
>the leader had to flee so I only met him briefly, perhaps he understood our
>usefulness better. When I hit a bad group I don't stick around, so I was
>with them maybe ten minutes tops, but perhaps I can't fault them from
>experiences I've had with fellow bard's I've grouped with--some bards just
>don't know what they're doing, this class takes some skill to wield with
>finesse. I was with a bard once who consistently played hymn when all
>health was full, and only used bellow in battle. That, now that, got me
>irritated.
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>Er, back to my original question about Jig and Mana, sorry. Has anyone
done
>any definitive tests on this? With all my bard songs I have been able to
>"play around" with them enough, to my satisfaction, to understand O how
they
>work. This is the way I like things, dead reckonings hands-on kind of
>"feel" for how they work rather than really writing up numbers myself.
>Thing is, I studied way too much experimental methodology in school to
>really enjoy doing it when I'm playing, heheh. (Memories of torturing lab
>rats!)
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>But I have no way to get an instinctive feel for this! DOES mana
regenerate
>faster with Jig or not? Anyone really use a stopwatch with a buddy? My
>friends keep telling me they don't have stopwatches and have no time for
>testing. I know it doesn't make regeneration slower, that cleric tonight
>was just an arse, but I saved him anyway, fool didn't even realize it.
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>Roop
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