While I agree with this, I also would like to point out something.. you
often don't WANT to be doing "maxium damage" in a group. Sure we wear plate
and have decent AC but in a balanced group, warriors and SK need to be
absorbing the damage. If you are blaring away on your chants, doing enough
damage that you are overcoming the warrior's taunt button, thats not
healthy. I think a lot of bards fall into this trap.. its like the rangers
who choose high-procing weapons and dex over AC, and wonder why they die all
the time and why their cleric hates them. Wait til the fight is well under
way, and the aggro firmly fixed on the tank before bringing out the high
damage.
Then again, maybe I'm wrong :)
Halana, 58th Shaman and Dwarf killer :( :( :( :( (bad karma)
Tani, 40th Bard
Solusek Ro
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Schuldes [mailto:jgs@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:20 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT Complete heal (was Numbers on Bards)
>
>
> Bards make magic with music. They can make music with song and their
> instruments can make (some) songs better.
>
> Look at the songs and if they are string, percussion, wind or
> brass, they
> will be enhanced (have more power) when you sing them and have the
> appropriate instrument equipped.
>
> Some instruments give more power than others (in the same class: wind,
> string, etc.) The instruments bought in stores (from
> merchants) are the
> base line. See this for a chart of the instruments:
>
> http://www.eqsongs.com/Instruments.htm
>
> http://www.eqsongs.com/
>
> Bards at your level can learn the "all instrument attack" --
> it's actually a
> cantana-tada-tina(tm) ;) You can play a series of songs and
> do more damage
> to mobs than if you were to use your weapons. You can learn to swap
> instruments for maximum effect. For example: play Chords of
> Dissonace with
> lute; Heal song with lute; swap lute for brass horn and play Denon's
> Dischord. Rinse, repeat. Setting up a hot key pallette with
> your melee 2
> slot and 2 inventory slots helps with the swapping. And once you get
> comfortable, you can just leave the swapped out instrument on
> your mouse
> cursor. Here is a link to a more complete explanation:
>
> http://users.erols.com/gww6e/eq/HOWTO-twist-bard-songs.html
>
>
> Learnin to use Area Effect songs early in your career is a
> big plus. I was
> scared from too many times singing chords to Corporal Lancot and just
> avoided these good songs for way too long. Yes,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elena [mailto:elena@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:19 PM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] OT Complete heal (was Numbers on Bards)
>
>
> Interesting - I never have used my instruments during a
> fight. I'm currently
> level 21 - actually now that I think about it, I'm level 20, I died
> yesterday :(. Is just using my weapons in battle normal for
> my level? Should
> I expect to be using my instruments a lot more often when I
> hit a certain
> level?
>
> I noticed that Denon's Disruptive Discord uses Brass instruments and I
> haven't used the song yet. Is it a useful song? I don't
> really like to sing
> AE songs in battle since it causes problems right quick -
> although I do like
> Largos as it has a pretty small radius. Are all of our good
> songs going to
> be AE? Denon's Disruptive Discord would be awesome if I could sing it
> without fear that I'm going to pull everything in the zone...
>
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