Heh I don't know how to say this but it's not very hard to learn what do to
with a class in the early levels even with people. Even as a Necro as my
main char I know when a Cleric should nuke or when he should hang back and
use heals. It's very easy to learn a class at least I believe so. Also as to
how much mana a spell takes that means nothing as you can learn that in
seconds and know how much your spell is going to take. Believe me twinking
when you have a high level char is no big deal if it allows you to by pass
the first 15 16 levels quickly.
Naeeldar
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Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Twinking
>From: <kim@...>
>
>On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Naeeldar wrote:
>>
>> Heh well then you have to talk with some 40+ people some more. You have
to
>> have a basic understanding of what every class can do at high levels to
take
>> things on.
>
>That's what I said - you have a basic understanding. You
>still lack the intimate knowledge it takes to play the class
>well. I know my cleric friends can heal, and I know they can
>nuke. I know that sometimes it is better for them to use mana
>to nuke than to heal. But aside from vague situations (e.g.
>mob that heals itself if you don't have a nuker), I cannot
>with confidence say when a cleric should nuke and when he
>should heal. I have little or no idea how much mana these
>spells take, nor do I have their experience of hundreds if not
>thousands of situations where they've tried a little bit of
>this or a little bit of that. Just like I wouldn't expect my
>cleric friends to know when to switch from buffing, to MR, to
>healing with my songs. You don't learn that until you've
>played it.
>
>> Besides which you don't learn much in the early levels.
>
>That assumes that the same strategies work at all levels.
>While there are several meta-strategies that do work at all
>levels, as a bard you should know that what works and what
>doesn't changes with each new song you get and each new level
>you gain. If you're going to powergame solo to L50 to play
>with your L50 friends, then I'd agree with you. But if you
>plan to play the early/mid levels with other people, then it's
>in your and their interest that you learn how to do it well.
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
>
>>