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Message ID: 7347
Date: Wed Sep 29 21:36:40 BST 1999
Author: JasonF
Subject: Re: Letter to GZ - Draft 3


Greg,

> 5) Spellcasters, when they right click on a spell can see what skill the
> spell uses, along with its casting time. Why doesn't the bard spell book
> show what instrument skill is required when you right click on a song?

I would point out that as of the most recent patch that "casting time" has
been added to the information presented to us upon a right-click.

Crier Sharpsong - 25th song bard on Fennin Ro

Jason A. Farqu´┐¢
CDI at http://www.pigging.com/



----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Gillan <GGillan@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 2:59 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Letter to GZ - Draft 3


> From: Greg Gillan <GGillan@...>
>
> Okay, I haven't been at the office for a few days (which is where I do all
> of my emailing), but I'm back now and have a revised version of the letter
> than I'll be sending to GZ. The point on Selo's and SoW cancelling it has
> been removed, as a fix for this has been put in with the last patch.
> I almost took out the point about our skills capping too low, as a few
> people felt that 40 foraging is adequate, but more people seemed to agree
> that this skill caps too low to be useful, so I'm leaving it. I've added a
> point regarding the lack of instrument information when right clicking on a
> song in our spellbooks (as suggested by John).
> I'm starting to lose my steam on this now, so if there are no further
> comments/corrections/suggestions/ additions, this will be the version that I
> send in.
>
>
> Elwyn Heartstring
> Level 43 Bard
> Erollisi Marr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> 1) Several of our songs (levels 39, 45, 47, 49) don't seem to be in the
> game. We would like to know when we can expect these to be implemented. If
> they are indeed in the game already (perhaps discovered via quests) please
> at least let us know that they exist. We don't need to know how/where to
> get them, or even what they are, but we don't want to waste our time
> questing for something that isn't there.
>
> 2) The level 22 song Alenias Disenchanting Melody currently seems to have no
> effect whatsoever. This has been tested repeatedly by many, many bards. It
> does not dispel effects on group members (as we thought it should) nor does
> it protect in any way from harmful effects. Can you please confirm whether
> this song is broken or not? When can we expect a fix?
>
> 3) You've mentioned in the past that the messed up drum graphic (it now
> looks like we strum a small twig) will be corrected in an upcoming graphics
> patch. We realize a graphics patch is large, and hence cannot be done
> regularily, but could we please get an estimate on roughly when we can
> expect this glitch to be fixed? In addition, a recent patch made an
> equipped mino horn look like we have a small burlap sack embedded in our
> wrists.
>
> 4) There seems to be an absense of any high level bard quests. Is there any
> implementation planned for these? When might we expect them?
>
> 5) Spellcasters, when they right click on a spell can see what skill the
> spell uses, along with its casting time. Why doesn't the bard spell book
> show what instrument skill is required when you right click on a song?
>
> 6) Some of our skills (Hiding, Forage) cap at such low levels, that they
> aren't worth using. We don't need to be master of these, but if the caps
> were raised such that at least they worked more than
> 1 out of 20 times, we might consider putting them back into our hot keys.
>
>
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>
> >