>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Which song for soloing?
>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:37:44 -0400 (EDT)
>
>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
>Oh, another borderline exploit tactic with Bellow is kiting.
>You know how druids can cast Spirit of the Wolf on themselves,
>then Stinging Swarm (damage over time) on a monster, then just
>run to stay out of melee range? Bards can do the same thing
>(though it's less effective and more work) with Accelerando
>and Bellow. I won't go into details (pretty easy to figure
>out) since I try to avoid doing this. I may start off a fight
>using this tactic to soften up a monster (in that respect I
>see it as similar to the root spell), or if I'm fetching (so
>other groups don't steal the monster), but I've never mostly-
>killed a monster doing this.
>

I remember a bard on Fennin Ro in phase 4 beta who EXCLUSIVELY used this
tactic. He soloed until about level 20, and then when I tested him as a
group member...he SUCKED, no concept of teamwork, he didn't use any party
songs. All he ever used during fights was Bellow (he wouldn't use party
enhance songs). He also would also constantly train a tombstone mob after
him using the above tactic and sometimes get people killed.

Mobs that will stop to kill the nearest player when chasing someone else
(like basically most undead, some crocs, etc...) he would trail into other
people. He got me killed once doing that with Lockjaw while I was trying to
heal my party.

IMHO, people playing bards in this manner need to get a clue.

Sartori of Kelethin

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