Well you seem to forget that Bards get duel wield and guess what one of the
best weapons for them isn't even in PoF. It's the Ykesh a Bard duel wielding
those can cause some massive damage in a quick amount of time those procs go
off like mad.
Naeeldar
-----Original Message-----
From: Kimes, Dean W. <
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To: '
eqbards@onelist.com' <
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Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..
>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>Ok, so what obviously superior and befitting of a hybrid weapon do Bard's
>get from the plane of fear that makes those pale in comparison? Hmmm,
>that's what I thought.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Naeeldar [mailto:jackal@...]
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:15 PM
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..
>
>
>From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>
>
>Not really most of the high level priest weapons do the same amount of
>damage as a high level caster weapon. Look at the stats on the Necro only
>staff from PoF it's equal to ther priest weapons. Then again look at mid
>level weapons like the staff of the observer pure casters can use this and
>it has a extremly good ratio for blunt weapons. There is not much diffrence
>in melee between priests and casters.
>
>Naeeldar
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Blair, Keith (Keith Blair) <kblair@...>
>To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 11:45 AM
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..
>
>
>>From: "Blair, Keith (Keith Blair)" <kblair@...>
>>
>>> it doesn't mean that they're not pure casters. At level
>>> 50, a cleric/shaman/druid will be just as useful meleeing
>>> as a wizard is, which is to say, not at all.
>>
>>That's not the point. A pure caster is a pure caster from
>>birth to death. Just because you *choose* not to melee,
>>whether it's because you're not as good at it -anymore-
>>as you used to be or because you do better in your other
>>ability (casting), does not change the fact that you can
>>still wear armor, you can still use multiple weapons and
>>you can still melee in a pinch better than any caster could
>>dream of.
>>
>>>
>
>>