At 04:07 PM 2/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
>It takes about 40 minutes wo get it back without medding, at least for our
>only bard capapble of using it currently. 37 minutes to be exact I think.
>He's never tried actually medding far as I know.
well you didn't answer my question, what is ''it''? just the mana he used?
or is that for the entire mana bar? or is it the same thing for him?
oh and down below, i guess i would only need 24 minutes to cast again, heh.
and as the previous poster said, ht and loh are on ''game day'' timers, i.e. 90 minutes,
meaning even if you use the 40 minute number you can blow 2 of these off in the space
of one HT. now i guess the question is, how much damage does HT do as compared
to dirge of a bard of the same level? if it's around twice as much or slightly higher, then
it's essentially the same in single target situations, and ours does far more damage if
you find good ways to use it.
examples:
fighting 2 mobs, one mezzed, use it to finish off one mob and start off the damage on
the next one.
pull of 3 or 4 mobs, fire it off to start off the damage and let an enchanter mez singles
off you once they charge you.
also note that the only opportunity cost is losing the ability to use the 39 charm song
(which if i believe some of your posts, you NEVER use, since you're ALWAYS grouped
with enchanters and they just don't like it) since you can swap it in and out as your mana
regens. you don't have to waste a song slot with it when you can't use it.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeffrey Sue [mailto:jsue@...]
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 4:23 PM
>To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Bard% was (Patch message)
>
>
>where do you get the 40 minutes thing? is that how long it takes to med
>back a full 5 bubbles of mana? for me dirge only takes 3 bars of mana, so
>that would be only 24 minutes if i medded back to full, sooner if i just
>medded
>back a bubble (altho then i would require the full 40 minutes).
>
>At 03:42 PM 2/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >True. The timer is longer than that on Harmtouch which is practically
> >irresistible and does far more damage, even if only to a single target.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Kenneth E. Bachman [mailto:kbachman@...]
> >Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 3:47 PM
> >To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: Bard% was (Patch message)
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Kenross Cantoforjado, 57 songs, Innoruuk
> >
> >
> >"Kimes, Dean W." wrote:
> >
> > > I am inconvenienced only in that we were theoretically limited to one
>song
> > > per level and I don't get one at that level due to 7% of the people. If
> > > they add in another song at the level that is useful, problem solved.
>My
> > > whole point is DDD is pathetic. Pillar of Frost can be chain cast 7
>times
> > > by a 51st level wizard for far more effect.
> >
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