I too have recently been hunting Aviaks in South K. I have been in several
groups there fighting for the last 3-4 nights. While I have never grouped
with a bard while there, I have paired up (fighting in a group of 2) with
several different classes. Namely, A Druid, A Shaman, A Paladin, A Ranger,
and a Necromancer. In each of these cases I have had a problem that I as a
bard have never run into. I was unable to taunt Aviaks off my partner. For
once I would be the one ending battle with most of my health, while my
partner was near death. This is nice but unsetteling. Even with Lullabye I
would have a terrible time trying to get my share of dammage. I think that
some of this is because at 20th level I am getting a lot of resists from
Darters and Rooks. But it cant be just that. So I think that there is some
other reason that Im not getting mobed as much.
On a seperate note, I did group with 2 other bards in unrest once. WOW...
that was cool, and I can attribute not getting all the attention, due to
multiple bards. What fun. If we had one more bard we could have been the
Beatles :) I also dont think I have ever seen Sooo many icons for Buffs on
my screen :)
Sevin Tercet 20th Human Bard
on Brell
-----Original Message-----
From: Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 [mailto:
g4mntofcr@...]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:25 AM
To: '
eqbards@onelist.com'
Subject: [eqbards] The surefire way for a bard to avoid being a mobs
main target
From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <
g4mntofcr@...>
Last night, at the suggestion of a few people from this list, I ventured for
the first time to South Karana to hunt aviaks. I had been in South Karana
before to complete the Qeynos bard quest but had never fought anything
there. I joined a group that consisted of five 28th level players, four of
which were casters. The fifth person was a 28th level bard (Cherlas). To
avoid overlapping songs in combat, we agreed that she would sing the level
25-28 songs while I would sing anthem, chain, and anything else appropriate.
We were camping at the top of the village where avocets, harriers, rooks,
and darters all spawn (very quickly). I fought with this group for almost
two hours. Me and the other bard were the default tanks. For the first
time in a long time, I was no longer the center of attention. In almost
every fight, the 28th level bard would pull and get the aviaks initial
attention. When one of the casters unloaded on the aviak, they often found
themselves the center of attention. I, on the other hand, almost never got
attacked the entire night. The most health I ever dropped to was about 50%.
This happened when an avocet spawned while we were in the process of
fighting a rook and a harrier.
Moral of the story: Two bards in a group can be lots of fun. The lower
level bard also has the luxury of not having to worry too much about getting
continually whacked on.
Galtin of E'ci
23 bard