It's pretty easy to see why us bards would be rather pessimistic about another mana drain song since our current one has been said to be rather useless. I'd admit myself that I've never used the song.

I suppose, however, with other classes having a mana drain spell, that in combination, it would be more effective. The only concern would be whether it's treated as a debuff, which would mean that our song wouldn't overlap with theirs.

Too bad Denon's Dissension wasn't more like the way our Clarity song works, as a pulse (which would allow for stacking) instead of a debuff.

I'd agree that the mobs in Velious would have huge pulls of mana to pull from, but if the fights are longer (since they'd have equally large hit points) then maybe the mana drain could become more essential. This would be limited by how fast the mobs regain their mana as well.

Well it'll give us something else to chew on.

---Windleaf

On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 08:49:19AM -0600, Mott, Mike J. wrote:
> "NPC's have limited mana - they just have much more to start out
> with."
>
> Agreed! However, I noticed in the new spell list that at least one
> other class is getting additional mana drains...it just makes me very
> curious whether or not VI has some specific uses in mind for these
> songs\spells in the new Velious expansion.
>
> Lago Bardoon of Bertox, 51st Minstrel, Defenders of Aleria