Well, having read the responses to my message, I can only say that I
postulated two possibilities: 1) the song isn't broken, it just stinks
or 2) I'm delusional. I guess we go with number 2 for now! hehe!

Kenross Cantoforjado, 27 songs, Innoruuk

Ryan Honeyman wrote:

>
> From: Ryan Honeyman <slasher@...>
>
> >On eight different occasions, I have had a negative effect
> >disappear as soon as the song did its first static charge pulse.
>
> Purely coincidence.
>
> I was fighting the SK/Shaman duo in Rathe Mnts the other night.
>
> Clinging Darkness (dot + snare)
> Targ-something Insects (drowsy)
> Root (shaman)
> Infectous Cloud (shaman disease)
> Heat Blood (dot)
>
> I purposely had ADM memmorized to clear this garbage, it did
> nothing but give the static pulse message and put an extra icon
> on my screen. With lute in hand, I tried to start the song then
> attack, and blamo I was Clinging Darkness and Drowsy immediately.
>
> I even tested more things too the other night,
> This song has absolutely zero effects when:
>
> o played before battle to be pro-active (preventative).
> o played during battle to cancel said effects.
> o played after battle for an extended period of time.
> o played while selecting the enemy who cast on me.
> o played while selecting no target.
> o played while selecting me as the target.
> o played while selecting a group member as target.
>
> Now, I did get a few times where I noticed I was under
> a bad spell, and then tried to click the ADM and by the
> time I fumbled the lute into my hands - it disappeared
> at close to the same time. Most ill effects are very short
> lived. But this song is definitely broken, and I tested
> it for the entire duration of my camping those guards for
> 3 or 4 hours under a variety of circumstances.
>
> Harmonic Distortion, 38th unchained melody.
> League of Antonican Bards, The Wind Spirit's Song
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