It's not only that NPC's have so much mana, they also regen it at a much
faster rate than players. (remember Brad saying that a loooooong time ago)
-=B=-
Bard of 44 Seasons
The Rathe
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Schuldes" <jgs@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 9:05 AM
Subject: [eqbards] mana drains
> Now that I think about it....
>
> A level 57/58 wizard told me with all his items he has 3200 mana. Let's
> think about the level 49 song and fighting in lower guk. Say you get 4
> frogs and 2 of the 4 are casters. Your enchanter mezzes 3 of them and the
> rest of the group attacks the melee class frog first. If the fight lasts
30
> seconds, that means 10 chances to drain say 200 mana. So, you might get
> 2/3rd's of the next target's mana - maybe only half since NPC's seem to
have
> so damn much mana. But after another 30 second fight - not only would you
> continue to deplete the mana of the mezzed one but also the one being
> killed. So it's strength would be in multiple mob pulls.
>
> I dunno - it's hard to imagine that it could be so strong as to make it a
> really useful thing. My gut feeling is that they don't really test it
> hands-on. Ie: do you think that Ester, GZ, and Absor go to Lguk on test,
> shout for a group and try these things? Or does GZ who knows the exact
mana
> pool of mobs, kinda make an educated guess and "balance" the song so that
in
> theory "on a good day" - it might get like half the mana from a mob (that
> normally dies before he can burn much mana anyhow - except GZ doesn't
really
> know how fast mobs die.)
>
> It would be funny to depelete all the mobs mana and have your enchanter
yell
> at you because he cant cast Theft of Thought on that mezzed Bok Shaman =)
> "Your target has no mana left to effect!"
>
> Sylly Songsynger
> (The Pantheon)
> Minstrel somewhere on Innoruuk...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mott, Mike J. [mailto:mike.j.mott@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 8:01 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] pauses
>
>
> I just got the following from EQ Casters Realm regarding new bard songs
for
> the Velious expansion.
>
> Melody of Ervaj Area Effect Mana Drain (Max: 225) 49
>
> Composition of Ervaj Drain Mana From Target (Max: 350) 60.
>
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