Well, my point was, that ALL the earth elems in the ZONE came after me. :)

Fun eh?

At 02:00 PM 10/5/99 -1000, you wrote:

>From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
>That could have been the case but since muddites rarely spawn (if at all) at
>the bottom of the the gorge, I think on that occasion, the train was due to
>them hearing the song through the mountain walls.
>
>Does anyone have a good idea on how far the radius extends on DDD and CoD?
>I think this could be tested by singing the song with a person standing
>nearby who isn't in your group. I'm fairly certain that when you sing DDD
>or CoD, anyone standing within the radius who isn't in your group gets a
>message saying something to the effect "Galtin sings a song but you it does
>not affect you". They could gradually move away from you until they no
>longer get the message. You could then compare /loc grids to see how far
>away the radius extends. If you were somewhere like the aviak village in
>SK, you could even confirm how far the radius extended along the z-axis.
>
>You also stated you use DDD all the time, even in indoor zones. I thought
>the general concensus of this list was that singing DDD in dungeons was very
>risky due to the z-axis bug. I will admit that I took that as an absolute
>and as a result rarely use this song. Would really like to know all the
>"safe" areas to sing DDD/CoD.
>
>Galtin of E'ci
>
>> Careful not to confuse a monster swarm with area effect bugs. I use DDD
>> all the time, even in indoor zones. (Though I have had trouble in
>> Runnyeye). Been using it in perma with no problems. The thing you
>> describe below I've had happen to non-bard characters as well. It's like
>> you've killed too many of that type of monster, and they all decide to
>> open
>> a can of whoop-ass on you. Had that happen to me most recently in
>> steamfont while fighting earth elems. All of a sudden, I see a whole
>> swarm
>> of them moving toward me (slowly, in that menacing earth elem way), wasn't
>> sure what was going on until too late. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> >The more I think about the z-axis bug, the more I realize that it really
>> >puts a hamper on our effectiveness. I almost never have DDD or CoD
>> >memorized unless I'm in a wide open area in outdoor zone. Don't assume
>> just
>> >because you are outdoors the z-axis bug won't bite you. One time I was
>> in
>> >the Beholder Maze fighting evil eyes and minos. My group was camping
>> along
>> >the wall in the gorge where the Lord evil eyes appear. I sang DDD in
>> every
>> >fight. We were having a great time when all of a sudden just about every
>> >muddite and mino in the entire zone came rushing into the gorge. Everyone
>> of
>> >them starting attacking me so I can only assume that one of them got
>> >affected by DDD through the mountain walls and started up a train. If
>> >Verant can't/won't fix the z-axis bug, I would likely welcome a nerf
>> >reducing the radius of DDD and CoD so we could use it more often.
>> >
>> >Galtin of E'ci
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> A Goblin Warrior winces!
>> >> A Goblin Warrior is hit for 15 damage non-melee
>> >>
>> >> Faras "harp-music playing in the background" Tar'Linedhel
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >>
>> Steven S. Klug
>> -- sklug@...
>>
>>
>>

Steven S. Klug
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