According to the post by J.M. last week regarding the mana use song, i
believe he said only Charisma is used to calculate our mana, though i don't
have the message anymore. as far as i know, no one really knows how much
mana the level 43 song uses because it is not available yet. J.M. said this
song would be in freeport and qeynos, and i have not seen it in freeport
yet. if it's available please let me know, i wanna try it out.
Shada Silverleaf, Level 47 Bard, Mithaniel Marr
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Proteus [mailto:pr0teus@...]
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 12:52 PM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] agil or dex?
>
>
> From: Proteus <pr0teus@...>
>
> > Anyway, with the few remaining points I have, where do you
> guys and gals
> > suggest I put them? Dexterity or agility? I hear dexterity
> is important
> > for playing songs. How large an effect does this have? Does
> it actually
> > increase the effectiveness of the song or does it just decrease how
> > frequently you miss a note?
> >
>
> Dexterity AND Charisma determine how much mana you have. Only
> one song at the
> moment uses mana, so this isnt actually such a big deal. If I
> had to choose
> between Agi and Dex, I'd choose Dex. Dexterity supposedly
> factors in how well
> you hit. Agility factors in how well you avoid being hit.
> Usually in a group,
> you'll have a tank. Trust me, bards cant tank at higher
> levels. However, you
> will be swinging your weapon, while someone else is taking
> the damage. So
> it'd be more beneficial if you missed less often, than if you
> had higher Agi
> for those times you find yourself tanking.
>
> > Lastly, for any mid to high level bards out there wearing mostly
> > steelplate, how much strength do you recommend? I don't
> want to be in a
> > constant war against weight. I'm thinking 100 strength to
> be safe, but I
> > was thinking less might do (and allow me to put more into
> dexterity and
> > agility).
>
> I have full plate. A mixture of some rubicite, and
> store-bought steel and
> other miscellaneous magic items. My weight with weapons (light weight
> weapons, mind you), food, and instruments comes to about 66.
> I'd suggest you
> have a base strength of 90 minimum and put extra points into
> charisma and
> dexterity. Later on, you'll get elf-hide gloves and a troll-hide belt.
> Combined, these items will raise str, sta, agi, and dex each by 5.
> Also I try to get my strength up as much as possible. I have
> a bunch of +str
> items which have raised it from my base of 85 to 116. I get
> extra dmg bonuses
> which is really cool, especially with Anthem playing during battle.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Maev Lorekeeper
> Tarew Marr
>
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