i think lullaby is simply too powerful as designed for a bard. my roommate
has a high level cleric and he was talking to some 50+ enchanters about
their ae mez. basically they don't use it. if they get 2 resists they are dead.
occasionally they might use it as a stopgap on a really bad pull, but then
they stun and individually mez each mob afterwards. for a bard however,
we get to wear armor, have a reasonable amount of hitpoints and only
get interrupted by bashes. if we get a couple of resists occasionally it just
wouldn't be a big deal. what i think would be better is if they just wrote off
lullaby as too powerful and put the targetted mez at about a 20% resist rate.
that way you could have 2 mobs mezzed most of the time or 1 mob if
you really wanted to make sure it was mezzed.

At 02:36 PM 10/11/00 -0600, you wrote:

>Here is a constructive idea that would likely make most bards happier,
>return these songs to a being a viable option, and maintain Enchanters
>current position with respect to crowd control.
>
>Make the songs in question require an instrument much the way that Sonorous
>Clouding currently does. Make a string instrument mandatory for Lucid
>Lullaby and a wind instrument mandatory for Pixie Strike. At the same time
>remove the secondary resist that has rendered these spellsongs impotent.
>
>I think this change is in line with the bardic theme, makes the songs a
>viable option, and maintains the necessary amount of balance over these
>songs.
>
>Ideas?
>
>
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