> What does the "L#" entry supposed to indicate?
The simple answer is that I don't know the effect of the song for
your current level, so I use the last level that I do have a number
for. The "L#" indicates the level that the reading was taken at.
And here's the long answer...
There are two ways this spreadsheet generates numbers:
1) From formulas.
2) From tables.
In the beginning... if you wanted to know the effect of a song for
your level, you tested the song on yourself or a friend and looked at
the numbers. Rokenn took it upon himself to encourage people to e-
mail the numbers to him so he could collect a and post a master list
of numbers.
One problem with this system is that everyone said they would go take
some numbers, and then never did (I'm guilty of this as well.) As a
result, there are a lot of holes in the tables, or large ranges where
no one actually calculated the numbers. I had a choice of either
trying to interpolate the numbers, or just go with the last number
known.
These days we know a lot more of the fomulas and although I know some
of them are wrong, they're pretty close. (They're only wrong by a
point or two.) So with the last version I've switched over to
formulas because I'd rather have a close approximation for my level,
than a value that's 20 levels beneath me.
FYI, the 2nd page of the spreadsheet tries to explain this, but I'm
not sure how good of a job I did ;), and the 3rd page of the
spreadsheet actually has the tables used.
Re: It's 40 points for a lute? Good to know :) Do you know if the
40 points multiplied by the string instrumet bonus? Thanks for your
updates and encouragement!
- Reed Stormwind (Bard of E'ci)
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eqbards@egroups.com, Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4
<g4mntofcr@s...> wrote:
> Reed,
>
> Got another question for you. Some of the songs have "L#" in
Column F.
> What does the "L#" entry supposed to indicate?
>
> Might be a problem with Chant of Battle. When I input any number
from 38-60
> for my level, "L38" is listed in Column F. If I type in 36 or 37,
this
> changes to "L36". Any number from 22-35 results in "L22". Didn't
try out
> any lower numbers. In addition to the "L#" changes, the amount of
the
> STR/DEX buff changes as well. Now I haven't tested Chant of Battle
any time
> recently to see how much STR/DEX it buffs at level 50, but based on
your
> spreadsheet it maxes at L38. Any other level higher than 38 has no
impact
> on the amount of STR/DEX buff.
>
> In addition, when I input "50" for my level, there are several
other songs
> which have a "L#" lower than 50. For songs 7,9,13 and 17, "L36" is
listed.
> For songs 18, 20, 38 and 46, "L38" is listed. What exactly does
that mean?
>
> One other correction. For level 49 Shield of Songs, you have that
listed as
> Singing only with a 20 pt runeshield. Need to add in Lute and 40 pt
> runeshield as well.
>
> BTW great job.
>
> Galtin