*giggles*
well at least you're honest :)
and, I would have to agree with you!
Last week, I was in OT soloing and some necro sent me a tell saying "Wow, I
am impressed - I thought bards sucked" and I told him, "Shhh its a secret
so we don't have an overpopulated class!"
Halana/Tani
Solusek Ro
(p.s. is it a good sign when you start thinking of yourself as your alt
rather than your main?)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reeves, Patrick W [mailto:pwr3@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:01 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT Complete heal (was Numbers on Bards)
>
>
> True Tani, but it is fun to do it once in awhile to shut up
> the people that
> think bards are incapable of high damage output ;)
>
> Ro-kenn Swiftsong - Ayonae Ro server
> 55th level Wood Elf Troubador
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cranfill, Wendy [mailto:Wendy_Cranfill@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:42 AM
> > To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT Complete heal (was Numbers on Bards)
> >
> >
> > 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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