>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: "'eqbards@onelist.com'" <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Bards vs Clerics in melee
>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:35:15 -0600
>
>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>The dark elf was stupid. Smiting you was a total waste of his mana unless
>his smites alone could kill you which he should have known they could not.
>Try that against a dwarf cleric who knows waht he's doing and you will die.
>especially now that he can root you and you can't interrupt his healing
>when
>he backs away.
>
>My problem is the dwarf cleric in our group, same level as me, has 20% more
>hit points than I do and a better AC. He has stamina and strength over 100
>and an agility and dex of 90 something or near to it. He can mop the floor
>with me in melee despite my having 18 pts more weapon skill than him. If
>he
>heals himself it would be even more of a joke. The last time we dueled he
>was the one left with two bubbles while I was near death. Thank goodness
>he's on my side is all I have to say! If he was a dwarf Paladin it would
>be
>even more laughable, I doubt he would drop below 3 bubbles. His dwarf
>paladin that is 5 levels below me has more hp than I do.
>
>I think the main problem is that while Verant originally intended a high
>agility to compensate for low hit points that the lower stamina gives you,
>they got burned by someone with super-agility being unhittable and reduced
>the agility benefit. My sole saving grace is I get hit less often than he
>does even with a worse AC because I dodge more, even though our dodge skill
>is only 5 points different. Now if they gave wood elves a defense bonus to
>compensate for the low hit points maybe it would even out, but right now I
>can't do enough more damage, even with dual wield, to account for his
>greater hit points.
>
> Kitasi
>
Blah, he rooted me and i broke it every time with Selo's (this was a few
months ago). Anyways the smiting and his use of mana is NOT what i was
talking about. I was talking about Bard and Cleric melee. I RAPED him in
melee, with me at 40% health and him at full in the beginning of the melee.
Give me a non-twinked 20th level bard with 2 combine long swords and full
banded (which sounds about right to me at that level), and MELEE a cleric of
any race and I bet the bard will win...
I'm 47th level and no cleric on my server would ever DREAM of winning
against me in straight melee. <And no, i'm not trying to glorify bard melee
- we suck at it and i am not afraid to admit it>. =)
Sartori D'Elsiraad, Follower of Quellious
Bard of Kelethin of the 47th Chorus
Veeshan