From Talies FAQ:

Q: Is it true that The Jig of Vigor song increases mana regeneration
speed for your party members?
A: No. What the Jig does is increase the rate of Stamina Regeneration
every six seconds and hence the display of the Stamina, Health, and Mana
bars to show this increase. Without the song playing the bars are refreshed
every eight seconds. The ultimate effect of this is that the mana bar
"moves" every six seconds instead of every eight seconds so it APPEARS to be
moving FASTER. In actuality - it is moving 75% of the distance it would
move if it waiting the other two seconds. So bottom line, it LOOKS like it
is regenerating faster but it does not. If you don't otherwise have a need
to regenerate stamina, you are wasting a memorized song slot

When people ask me to play Jig to increase mana, I use a condensed version
of Talies explanation and they usually accept it. If they don't, their
problem not mine. Galtin shouts "24 bard looking to lend his talents to a
group".

BTW, I'm 24th level and blue mobs still knocked me down to 25% health or
force me to zone when I solo. Bards get better at soloing once they can do
the fear/chain combo.

Galtin of E'ci

> When I play EQ I allways get asked to play the Jig to increase mana
> regeneration. I was asked this for 4 times today and I really hate it. I
> even got kicked from a group when I refused to play it because the mana is
> not regenerating faster. Can anyone recommend me what to do?
> I have one more problem. I'm lvl 15 at the moment and I can hardly ever
> solo
> a blue creature. I'm wearing full banded armor, and I have my 1H slash
> allways maxed. I'm using tentacle whip as a weapon, no it's not twinked I
> got it as in a bet when someone didn't beleive me that selo's is faster
> than
> sow. And I just bought the armor. Can anyone please tell me why can't I
> solo
> a blue creature without loosing 90-95% of my health.
>
> Asandir
>
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