If the bard class problems with monster attraction, song fizzles and
everything else on the Concert Hall Bard Petition were never fixed, I would
still be estatic if we got an automatic song weaver. Its very hard for me
(33.6 modem) to weave 3 songs at once, even when I'm having a great day in
regards to ping/pl, and if I'm getting anything but the best conn my isp
can offer, then it becomes impossible, sometimes making it hard to weave 2.
I don't think a person should be penalized this way for having a slow
conn(I am a little bias), but if this were presented to Verant I'm sure
they would just take out weaving all together to rid themselves of the
problem.
--Astor (Karana)
>
> From: "Douglas Bierbower" <dbierbow@...>
>
> I play multiple songs most of the time now. That goes for between
battles
> (Clarity and Restoration) as well as in battles (usually 3, but sometimes
4)
> and my fingers are tired. The buttons on my keyboard are wearing out.
My
> eyes are sore from reading all the darn messages which provide the most
> reliable clue for me to begin the next song. So besides whining about
it,
> what is my point? I want a new, intelligent client interface! I want to
> select multiple songs to weave/twist/dicombobulate/phase-shift-modulate
and
> then I want to fight and watch the awesome graphics the game provides.
>
> I know the interface will not support this right now. The interface
treats
> bards like casters, but that does not mean they can't alter the interface
to
> accomodate this request. Add a Harmony Ability (See Definitions below,
esp
> #4a, courtesy of Meriam Webster's Online Dictionary). This "Harmony"
> Ability could take the form of a button on the Abilities menu. The Bard
> pushes the "Harmony" button and then depresses multiple songs in the
order
> the Bard wants to play them. The Server then starts each song and
> immediately shifts to the next song until the list is completed and then
> returns to the top of the queue. To stop the auto-playing of songs, hit
the
> "Harmony" button and resume manual control. Simple enough? The idea is
not
> without precedent. [The auto-attack feature of the game is a similar
form
> of redundancy elimination (which could also be enhanced, similarly to
what
> is suggested here, to include special attacks like kick or bash or the
> myriad Monk abilities).] There will be some resistance, perhaps even
> philosophical rejection, to any form of scripting, but keep in mind that
> this change would be completely voluntary for the user.
>
> This will make the game more fun. This will make the game much more
> relaxing to play. This will also make things much more fair for Bards
that
> do not have an excellent internet connection and/or the good fortune to
live
> in San Diego (I have a very, very fast DSL connection and can easily
weave 3
> songs and almost 4, while I have spoken to many bards that usually can't
> manage more than 2).
>
> Narcissus of Povar
> Button Smasher Extraordinaire!
>
>