Yep chain/fear is fun. You don't need two bards though. You can do it
alone on stuff that doesn't resist too much. It takes a while only
meleeing, but you can solos Sand Giants like this eventually, and lone
spectres are easy.
Shada Silverleaf, Level 50 Bard, Mithaniel Marr
Erisi, Level 9 Paladin, Mithaniel Marr
> -----Original Message-----
> From: barscum@... [mailto:barscum@...]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 3:10 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Salutations, gripes, and tricks
>
>
> From: barscum@...
>
> I've been coming to this list for a long time reading and
> enjoying the comments, so I figured it was time to hop on
> aboard. Hola everyone!
>
>
>
> I'm currently a drunken bard on Rodcet Nife and
>
> have obtained lvl 42. Anxiously, awaiting lvl 43
>
> damage song even though it is currently semi-bugged, but tis
> exciting none the less. Why may I ask is it exciting? Well,
> for most of my career in barding, I have felt well rounded
> with a plethora (Pepe, how many is in a plethora?)of tricks
> to boot. But after the level 32 mana song craze, things have
> just trickled off. I don't know if it was that they hadn't
> intended the levels to be obtained that high so quickly or
> they just decided to let high level bards sift into
> mediocrity. I assume the prior for they are trying to scoot
> some new songs in now.
>
>
>
> Take for example, the level 42 song: Berserk Cresendo. Great
> song, 17 str and a extra 5% attack speed from the Celerity
> song... but it won't stack with anything! I went back to
> the celerity/anthem stack because three stats boosted
> (str/agi/dex) and still 20% increase in attack; it far
> outways the Berserker song. So yes, another high level song
> that is up to par with another anti-disease song.
>
>
>
> Hehe, bellows are doing 22 a pop. Tuyen's got boosted, but
> is resisted so often it is more efficent to just continue
> bellowing. More often though, I just run straight buff songs
> with Mystic Shielding cause 22dmg a pop is just enough to
> cause a creature to have dandruff. So, the lvl 43 song needs
> to be the one that finally balances us out in the high levels again.
>
>
>
> Now, I was at a loss recently to find things to solo while my
> crew isn't on. Still not soloing much, but I did find a fun
> way for two bards (or a bard and a 'snare' casting
> profession) to beat the crap out of a single critter they
> couldn't do head on. The first bard plays a stack of
> chains/bellows. Slows the creature down just as fine as
> snare spell. The second bard sneaks up and turns on fear
> song. The creature inches away trying to flee, while you
> pummel it to death, all the time keeping it locked down with
> chains. We've killed high level 30's without ever being hit
> once. And it's not that boring kite stuff either, it's much
> more pleasant to do.
>
>
>
> So that's my ranting and tips for the day.
>
>
>
> Marchandt D'lere
>
> Drunken Bard of Freeport
>
> Guildmaster: Legion of Rodcet Nife
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