Ditto John. I was in the process of thinking out how I was gonna reply to
this thread. You saved me the time.

Also, this "Bard Only Equipment" thread is one of the longest threads I can
remember reading. The digest subscribers are gonna have lots of fun sifting
through it I would imagine (be sure to cut and paste to help them out) .
The thread also proves once again that this list is one of the best EQ
forums around. People are disagreeing on some of the issues but continue to
respect others opinions and avoid getting into flamewars.

Galtin of E'ci

> On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Elijah Meeker wrote:
> >
> > Actually, it's odd. Until very very recently this list was populated
> with
> > discussion of how to get the most from the class not complaining about
> what
> > how it was nerfed, broken, ignored, unattended to.
> > As the latest patches did not change us radically (SoW/Selos/Root/chain
> have
> > been messed up in different ways forever), it must be some other factor
> at
> > work.
>
> How have they been messed up? I think the change is because
> until the latest Chain/Selo's/root fiascos, we were masters of
> our destiny. From level 5, we had almost nothing to fear.
> If things got bad, we could always bail out. If facing
> multiple mobs, we had the tools to break them up or control
> them. The latest changes have started chipping away at that,
> putting us more and more at the mercy of others (being rooted,
> being SoWed, Chain not stopping runners, etc). While in
> themselves they are minor changes, they represent a major
> shift in the amount of control we have over what happens to
> us.
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
>
>