Hmm maybe I read the thread wrong but it seemed like Absor was going to
seriously look into it? Dunno, maybe I'm an optimist. Not to say we
shouldn't raise a stink if in fact it happens cuz that would just plain
suck, specially for lev and invis ...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:26 PM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Change to bard song mechanics on Test!
>
>
> So it's okay to go AFK for 30 minutes to meditate or
> chloroplast heal but
> not to Hymn? So are all caster buffs going to end when the
> caster logs off
> so they can't park an enchanter nearby just to clarity and
> log him on and
> off? Plain and simple this is stupid. It's another example of where
> probably some bard was sitting AFK on the planes and now we
> all have to be
> nerfed because someone abused the situation. Heaven forbid
> they should
> handle this by putting in an auto logoff when someone is
> inactive for more
> than 10 minutes like most games do.
>
> Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Tatsukawa [mailto:john@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com; 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Change to bard song mechanics on Test!
>
>
> Absor has asked everyone to switch to a different thread on this:
>
> http://boards.station.sony.com/everquest/Forum3/HTML/003015.html
>
> I'd have to agree with Lago on Verant's reasoning that this
> is to keep us
> from going AFK indefinitely.
>
> ---Windleaf
>
>
> At 12:58 PM 10/31/00 -0700, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:
> >Of course this will make Aria and Clouding instant death
> songs in many
> >situations. I'm hoping this is a bug and not a change or I
> will be done,
> >trade skill changes or not. Maybe I won't uncancel my
> account next week
> >after all, sigh.
> >
> > Kit
> >
> >I just came across this thread in whineplay, which I think all of you
> should
> >take a look at. Evidently there has been a change to the
> mechanics of bard
> >song on Test:
> >
> >http://boards.station.sony.com/everquest/Forum2/HTML/027490.html
> >
> >It appears that this change is to keep us from indefinitely
> playing a song
> >while AFK. The message received is evidently "Your song
> ends abruptly",
> and
> >has a chance of occuring on every pulse. Once again, Verant
> seems to be
> >putting the screws to us. We can't take a break at all from
> the keyboard
> if
> >we want to keep two songs up, now I have to stay at the
> keyboard to keep
> one
> >song up as well. I guess bards dont need bathroom breaks.
> >
> >All this will do is encourage more use of a macroed gamepad.
> >
> >Lago Bardoon of Bertoxx, 48th Composition, Defenders of Aleria
> >
> >
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