The idea that the AI only uses the first spell gem is a myth. I'll relate a
story that happened to me in Cazic as my druid months ago...
We're in the lower throne room, I was a level 34 druid. My group was a
warrior, 2 rogues, wizard, druid(me) and a cleric. Great group, right?
Well, no way to prepare for what happened.
The Tae Ew Diviner spawns (enchanter mob) and charms me right off the bat.
I sit there and watch what happens next with a sort of morbid fascination,
since I thought the AI only used 1 spell gem, too.
I put a damage shield on the diviner. Next I turned and rooted the warrior
away from the diviner. I turned around and nuked the cleric 4 times,
killing her. Then I healed the diviner. My damage shield was tearing the
rogues in half, especially since both healers are now out of the picture. I
then started meleeing one of the rogues (lucky him, cause druid melee
sucks). The diviner nuked the heck out of the first rogue and killed him.
A gorilla spawned and killed the second rogue. I sat there walking back and
forth for a minute like charmed mobs do, and then it broke. The Diviner was
full health, no way was I gonna try that! I headed for the zone and managed
to make it due to SoW.
So there ya go, I'll never underestimate the AI ever again.
Kaelrei - bard on Fennin Ro (Sacred Fyre)
> Maybe the AI is selective in the way that it regards bard songs? Because
if
> a bard stands next to me and sings chords, I get the message "Sillybard
> tries to cast a spell on you, but you are protected." Also, if I'm stunned
> or sitting and try to sing a song, I get the message "You must be standing
> to cast a spell!/You can't cast spells while stunned!"
>
> Or maybe the behavior for charmed players is NPC while charmed - I've
never
> seen a charmed mob cast spells - but then again, come to think of it, I
> don't think I've ever seen a casting mob charmed. Of course, I'm only 17th
> level, I've never been charmed, and I believe there are many, many things
I
> have yet to see in EQ. :)
>
> Lanianae, an almost 18 bard on Terris Thule
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jhenders@... [mailto:jhenders@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 5:48 PM
> > To: EQBards
> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Fighting on after linkdeath
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 07/00, Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4
> > <g4mntofcr@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > So what I was wondering is could bards use this knowledge
> > to somehow help us
> > > survive a fight after we go linkdead.
> >
> > When charmed you are also an npc, and in all the times my bard was
> > charmed, which was a lot back in the days when shaman npc mobs could
> > charm, I never once played a song. The AI doesn't appearantly think
> > songs are spells.
>
>
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