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Message ID: 25046
Date: Wed Jun 13 19:14:26 BST 2001
Author: Christopher M Andrews
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Back on-topic - "Twisting" songs...


I do mostly what Kenross does, especially when travelling. I have 3 chants
memmed and selos in the first 4 slots. The trick with sticking all 3 for
me, is stick the first two, be within range of the mob, cast the 3rd chant
and haul arse while selos icon is still up... on a good lag day, i can see
the song hasn't been resisted, the selos icon will fall, and I'll be
stopping my 3rd chant and begin selos. selo's will be up in time for me for
my feet to move faster just as the mob is catching up. Now this is way
harder if the mob has natural SoW or faster. Snow griffins, shadowmen, and
other speedy mobs i don't recommend trying the 3rd chant. If you have
jboots, you can kite slow mobs around all day
One bard on my server was telling me how easy that was. I thought it was an
insult to our class to even wear/use jboots, much less occupy the AC camp
for that period of time, when someone who clearly needs them more than you
could be in it.
Hehe and I tire of getting in groups where I have to travel, I'm forever
telling them to click off lev/sow/jboots, so they can keep up (with selos),
or go invis (with song of travel). Where have these people been ;-)

Back on topic... that's for travel. this is for battle without
shaman/chanter....

#1 Elemental - for any unexpected caster encounters
#2 Chorus of Celerity (45%haste iirc)
#3 Chant of Battle - Stacks with everything I love it :)
#4 Largo's Binding - 40%?? target slow/snare
#5 Cantana of Replenishment - mana/stam/hp regen - I'll toss in a pulse or
two for the ailing tanks when they're fatigued
#6 Niv's Melody of Pres. - A great song to stack with #5 for hp regen when
healer is medding hard. (equip lute of course)

#7-10 are various hotkeys, a bag slot with all my weapons, /assist hotkey,
and my 1st and 2nd melee slot

With chanter/shaman
I'll substitute #2 haste for L50 VoV. It's a nice str/ac/atk buff.
Sometimes I'll take snare out of the rotation if there's a competent
ranger/druid, but I *still* keep memmed. (accidents happen) and I'll
put in dmg shield or something completely random hehe. (for laughs I like to
put in melifluous motion LOL)

Never a dull moment.

Ranger tells the group, "wtf?"
Bard tells the group, "LOL!!"
Chanter tells the group, "/sigh"

Pava
CT

p.s. Just last night i had to use that song to get someone unstuck while he
was in a trade window with someone after Trakanon. He said his computer was
acting strange. I said hold on boys!! *swishing sound* He was like cool! The
bards and their songs...