actually ,, I hear quite often "Bards Rock" just after joining a group in
need of healing ,, or is going on a long journey,,,
of course ,,, when I group with a druid ,,, my first words are "Druids Rock"
I love those buffs
----- Original Message -----
From: Blitz Krieg <blitz_krieg@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Jig and Mana Regeneration
> From: "Blitz Krieg" <blitz_krieg@...>
>
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roop Dirump <roop@...>
> To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
> Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 10:21 PM
> Subject: [eqbards] Jig and Mana Regeneration
>
>
> >From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
> >
> >Mana and the Jig O Vigor, true or rumor?
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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!)
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >Roop
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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