Actually, as a bard I employ a tried and true
techinqe, the budy system. If any angry mob is
charging me, I stand behind my budy.
Your never to strong to hear Loading please wait
Llewrend Lynnhaven
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John.Curry@... wrote:
> From: John.Curry@...
>
> 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
>
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