At least I'm not crazy. So that is a new change, and it's in the game proper
(I wasn't playing on the test server).
If they left the change as it is now, but add the ability for the target of
SoW to manually cancel it (self-only) by left-clicking the icon (the way
casters can cancel buffs they cast on themselves), it would solve the
problem in short order, I think. Would still keep grouped bards from ruining
everything if they panic and hit Accelerando (because SoW would still
override), but would also allow bards who are flying solo, escorting a small
group of newbies or have just left a group [or just got buffed by a
less-than-astute, but well-meaning shaman or druid] to use Accelerando to
their benefit.
As a wise man once said, oh well.
-Juke
>From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] SoW vs. Accelerando conflict
>Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 14:33:07 -0500
>
>From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
>
>At 07:23 PM 9/1/99 +0000, "Jukeboxie the Bard" <jukeboxie@...>
>wrote:
>
><snip story about SoW overriding Accelerando>
>
> >If it's been like this for a while, sorry. It's just that I seem to
>remember
> >that Accelerando used to override SoW, not the other way around (you
>would
> >still have the SoW icon, but you'd run at Accelerando speed and get the
> >"Your feet move faster" message).
>
>Well, I hate to say it, and I know there's gonna be a bunch more deaths as
>a result of this, but I'm glad they implemented this change. Sure, it
>nerfs our ability to help our teammates - but these are the same teammates
>who were upset that we were overriding their SoW before during emergency
>peelouts.
>
>Actually, I'm not really happy about it - but I have a feeling it's a
>nerf-to-stay.
>
>Talies the Wanderer
>
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