-----Original Message-----
From: Maya Samsara <
maya_samsara@...>
To:
eqbards@onelist.com <
eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Tick and pulse and Accelerando
>From: "Maya Samsara" <maya_samsara@...>
>
>> One thing I forgot to mention. Since it takes less time to
>> stop and restart a song than waiting for it to pulse, you
>> could in theory heal your group faster if you were to stop and
>> restart Restoration every time it pulsed, instead of just
>> letting it play and waiting for the next pulse.
>
>Incorrect actually. Restoration is not a healing song, but rather a song
>that increases HP regen. It, like all other bard songs, lasts for 10
seconds
>from it's start. It does not heal on the pulse, the pulse just happens to
be
>when HPs are updated. So starting and stopping Restoration does nothing to
>increase it's effect.
>
ahhh, so even though I was getting the sparklies 12 times a minute, I was
not getting an increased healing rate.
/em bows before Maya Samsara
<grin>