no kidding, like me yesterday was getting wailed by a cleric that i wasnt
high enough to be in karnors. Yet i was outdamaging the tanks (or
overtaunting). To me that means that maybe i wasnt too low to be there,
after all i was crowd control as well and other then a bad streak of resists
compared to usual i was doing just fine... But i dont like taking hits
either, we're not ment to be first line of defense, we're more like air
support 8)
Minkin
Ayonae Ro
47th level Wood Elf bard
P.S. Ro-kenn how do you spell your name on the server? i've sometimes looked
for you but only saw a low level rogue that resembled your name
-----Original Message-----
From: Reeves, Patrick W [mailto:
pwr3@...]
Sent: January 23, 2001 11:01 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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