At 05:47 PM 2/26/01 -0500, you wrote:

>My problem with this song is the concept. If this is indeed a "Desperate Dirge", that can only be used
>once every 40 minutes (the longest timer of any effect in the game, if I'm not mistaken), it should, in at
>least some small number of expected circumstances, have a significant effect. It doesn't. By the time
>you get it, the amount of damage it does is inconsequential to the eventual outcome of any fight, and is
>actually much more likely to be detrimental due to the AE component (which wakes up anything mezzed)
>coupled with the ludicrous resists (which wakes up anything mezzed, frequently without damaging them in
>the slightest). And the level increases that Verant gave to this song are laughably small compared to the
>increased HP total of higher-level MOBs. They really have no clue.

i don't believe resists wake up enc mezzed targets. i know for a fact that resists don't wake up bard mezzed
targets because i have been power levelling my wizard on some mobs by mezzing, then nuking and timing
my mez so it goes off immediately after the nuke. when the wizard's spell is resisted, the mob does not
move and i don't get a message indicating song of twilight has worn off. and i still have seen no evidence
of ''ludicrous resists''. i used the song quite a bit back when i first got it, and never had a problem with resists.
i've used it recently on big raids where i can pretty much do whatever i want without affecting the outcome of
the raid and don't get to charm very much, and haven't had a problem sticking it on things.

>Kenross Cantoforjado, 57 songs, Innoruuk