Here's how I maxed Brass Instruments and raised Hand-to-Hand from a pathetic 1:
Each time I walked through High Pass and it was particularly well-camped, I would whip out my horn, stand by
the corner nearest all the spawn points, and play Denon's. If any Orcs showed up, I would attack with my
fists. While not necessary for raising skills, I also positioned myself to affect as many Orcs as possible.
You should only do this when it is well-camped, so the other frenzied groups tank for you.
On at least three occasions, I was able to get credit for four Orcs at once, even though they were being
attacked by multiple groups (and solo Wizards) around me (gotta love that "random" number generator). (Not
sure how well this works with the new anti-DOT rules, I've been out of town for three weeks.) Curiously
enough, I was never accused of kill stealing. Other players, however, really HATE the pulse message that the
song generates. I would constantly get messages like: "Kenross, what are you trying to cast on me?",
"Kenross, stop that!" and the ubiquitous "KENROSS, SHUT UP!!!!!!!". I also got a lot of threats about
reporting me to the GM for spamming them. I finally got disgusted and set up a social key:
Kenross says "I am practicing my feeble Brass skills."
Kenross says "It is an area damage song."
Kenross says "It is my only Brass Instruments song."
Kenross says "I am not PVP, so it won't hurt you."
Kenross says "Sorry for the annoyance, complain to Verant."
If you really want to maximize your kills there, you could weave in the Level 2 song and the Bellow also, but I
was being lazy.
Kenross Cantoforjado, Level 24 Bard, Innoruuk
PS - Anyone care to guess why so many Bards on this board are from my server? Just curious.
CYR, Thierry wrote:
>
> From: "CYR, Thierry" <tcyr@...>
>
> another nice way to raise brass is if you're pulling stuff from a very
> remote spot, while the rest of the group meds just fire up brass in the
> meantime if no roamers around you, i have started doing this lately and its
> slowly making my skill come back up to par..
>
> Minkin Nehoc
> Sol ro
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kyle [SMTP:ksibbald@...]
> > Sent: September 3, 1999 9:22 PM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] Brass
> >
> > From: "Kyle" <ksibbald@...>
> >
> > No, I've had it go way up whilst sitting in the corner of South
> > Karana
> > playing Discord and absolutely nothing was around. It does take time for
> > it
> > to go up though...
> >
> > Good Journey,
> >
> > Sineras Silverlyre (Cazic-Thule)
> >
> >
> > 8)-----Original Message-----
> > 8)From: Richard Ashkettle [mailto:richard_ashkettle@...]
> > 8)Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 12:15 PM
> > 8)To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > 8)Subject: [eqbards] Brass
> > 8)
> > 8)
> > 8)From: Richard Ashkettle <richard_ashkettle@...>
> > 8)
> > 8)Ok,
> > 8) This has probably been asked before, but HOW IN THE
> > 8)WORLD can one practice Brass? It seems that unless
> > 8)you are actually damaging something, brass skill won't
> > 8)go up.
> > 8)
> > 8)Can anyone help out with this?
> > 8)
> > 8)Thanks
> > 8)
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