You don't make not of the fact that you're doing damage to every mob at once
with the songs. Dual Ykeshas is obviously very strong, but you're only
damaging one mob at a time with them.
Jason A. Farqu´┐¢
CDI at
http://www.pigging.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: <jhenders@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Instruments vs. Melee quandry
> From: jhenders@...
>
> On Tue, Sep 07/99, JasonF <JasonF@...> wrote:
> >
> > I fully expect that one of the subtleties of the Bard class is that as you
> > mature into the role of Bard that your songs will, over time, start to do
more
> > damage than your weapons when instruments are equipped. So if you're "joe
> > bard" that plays 6 hours a week and doesn't read these messages or do as
much
> > research into your class as we obviously do, you can still play the game
as a
> > "bad tank with a healing song". However, if you're like us and divorce
your
> > wife 'cause your family is keeping your from getting to level 50, you
develop
> > your skills more fully.
> >
> > Where is the crossover point that songs do more damage? I dunno, I'm only
> > level 20 and I would very seriously doubt that I've reached it yet. My
guess
> > is that by around level 30 it should be noticable. I would think that by
> > level 50 it should be blatanly obvious to you that you should use songs
and
> > instruments. Can any 50th bards confirm this and/or estimate where the
> > crossover point is from weapons to songs?
>
> Well, it hasn't happened at L49 so I'm not holding my breath that it
> will happen at 50 as the song for that level appears to be an Anthem
> upgrade. The best damage you could probably do with songs would be the
> L48 song and CoD, as both are string songs, and they definately wouldn't
> beat the damage you could do with dual Ykesha's. In fact they don't even
> come close to the damage you can do with a claw and dirk from what I can
> see. As well, that means you would also only be able to play one other
> party buff song, and our best attack song at that level is berzerker's
> which is horn. If any other L48+ bard has figured out a way to do more
> damage with instruments I'd appreciate hearing it.
>
>
> Sometimes when I'm in a bad mood I think that if it wasn't for the mana
> song, Bards would be lower on the list for getting in a group than a
> rogue in most people's eyes. (assuming both characters are played well
> by people who are fun to have in your group)
>
>
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