I like the twisting 8 comment especially...
here here
Raub
At 09:21 AM 02/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Quite frankly, I find it hard to believe that a person is actually
>"twisting" 5 songs. Factor in cast times, and song duration after it ends,
>and when twisting 4 songs, almost always, the first effect will drop before
>you get back to it. You can add amplification to a 4 song twist, and call
>it 5, but when it comes time to refresh amplification, you'll probably lose
>an effect just as you're trying to twist it back in, resulting in a catch up
>effect where a song wears off a pulse or two before it can be refreshed, all
>the way through the twist, so you've only got 3 songs active anyway, not
>counting amplification.
>
>I'm not sure if anyone ever actually defined "twisting". To me, it is the
>ability to keep the effects of multiple songs **active** on my group, or on
>the mob, at ALL times. A 3 song twist is common among high level bards (am
>I a high level bard now? :P ). Why? Because we've been playing the class
>long enough to realize that, under most circumstances, it is the best twist.
>Some song lineups, and situations make a 4 song twist desired, and while
>possible, it's a lot harder, and is only practical when the occassional
>dropped effect isn't that big a deal. Like manasong, which is a shot of
>mana when pulsed, and not a regen effect.
>
>But when you're talking a song effect dropping for a duration of time, which
>is what would happen in a 5 song twist...well, it's not really a twist.
>
>If you insist it is, then I'd like to be the first to introduce myself as
>the best bard in EQ, because I can twist 8.
>
>/bow
>
>Atonal
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: KAZ [mailto:kazvorpal@...]
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 8:17 AM
>To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] twisting 5, added note
>
>
>--- Michael Roach <MikeRoach@...> wrote:
> > A great bard does not need to twist 5 songs. A bard who twists 3 or more
> > songs knows what he is doing and is playing his character well. Playing
> > your character well has nothing to do with how much expensive computer
> > equipment you can afford or how good your equipment is.
>
>As utopian and egalitarian as this sounds, it doesn't make any sense.
>
>One who twists three may be ROLE playing well, but logically one who twists
>five is, obviously, contributing /more/ to the group. Period. One plus one
>equals two, no matter how embarassing it may be to those with only one.
>
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