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Message ID: 25383
Date: Fri Aug 24 17:12:40 BST 2001
Author: Cranfill, Wendy
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Be very afraid....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)
> [mailto:garramone@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:59 AM
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Be very afraid....
>
>
> You mean 380MR when VI says the cap is 255 and anything over
> is wasted?
> Or the people who say they resist less with 350 than with
> 190? With the
> first nag and vox raids when there was not a large variety of resist
> gear, sure bards helped a lot. Today, anyone can easily buff their
> resists with equipment. Tests are inconclusive as to what
> point resists
> are soft-capped (anywhere from 175 to 255). Level is the
> primary factor
> in resisting. Equipment gives you permanent resists and resists buffs
> from other classes stay on you whereas resists from bards are
> gone when
> they lag or die.
>
> i.e. there is nothing amazing about bard resists except impressing
> others with big numbers, you haven't "needed" bards for resists in a
> long time. I'm only talking about need with your and Dark's
> arguments.
> You don't need a bard for resists, you don't need a bard for DS (every
> person in an AL raid gets a diamond from the VP mage staff, DS done on
> EVERY person in the raid, not just 6 people in 1 group). You
> only need
> 1 bard for OOS.
>
> Now I agree with Dark about 6-man EXP groups. Bards are incredible IF
> they are filling in the role of enchanter/shaman. If an enchanter or
> shaman is there, there are things you CAN do, but the true skills of a
> bard are wasted. On a big raid if there is more than 1 bard there,
> there are things you CAN do, but another class could help the
> raid much
> more.
>
> Disclaimer: I loved my bard, always have. I didn't quit
> cause of bards,
> was cause of RL. I didn't come back as a monk for any reason, I liked
> how cured silk looked on humans, that's about it. Ya I am 50 now I do
> love the monk but will always be a bard at heart.
>
> Shada/Erisi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cranfill, Wendy [mailto:Wendy_Cranfill@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:00 AM
> To: 'eqbards@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Be very afraid....
>
>
> I totally disagree Shada, bards are very useful, imo on large
> raids, the
> resistances they provide alone are amazing...
>
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