> You did remember to train 1 point in it at the trainer right?
Umm... Uhh... I *think* so. Probably. If I recall correctly my skill is
currently at "Feeble", not "Very Bad", which would indicate a coupla points
in it. I WILL check tonight.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:Dean_Kimes@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:49 AM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] I can't Screech
>
>
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
> Yow! I hope this isn't accurate and that some other problem was affecting
> you. If thay have truly changed DDD and brass skill raises in this way I
> may as well plan on never buying a horn. You did remember to
> train 1 point
> in it at the trainer right? I know you cnnot use any of the music skills
> unless you train that first point and get the "You have learned the basics
> of XXX" message. If you're not sure, go try to train it and see.
>
> Kitasi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JasonF [mailto:JasonF@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 9:36 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] I can't Screech
>
>
> From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
>
>
> I'm Crier Sharpsong, a 26th half-elf Bard on Fennin Ro.
>
> I've been having a recurring problem getting my Brass skill up and would
> like to ask people here about it. I've read time and again that I should
> venture to Arena or a PvP area, start Denon's Disruptive Discord and leave
> it running indefinitely to increase my skill. However, I have not been
> successful in getting that to work. Initially I went to Arena in
> Rathe Mts.
> and tried this. I had read that you only needed to be in the area, not
> actually in the PvP area itself, so I equipped my Minotaur Horn, fired up,
> fired up, fired up, fired up, fired up, fired up, fired up, fired up, DDD
> and went to a restaurant for dinner. Before I left I noticed that the
> "plays horn" graphic wasn't running, but didn't think much about it. Got
> back from dinner to find zero skill increase. Hmm.. Ok, perhaps I *do*
> have to be in the PvP area, so I tried that. Same results. Ok,
> maybe it's
> the Minotaur Horn - maybe it's the problem. So the next time I was in the
> bank and thought about it, I traded out my Minotaur Horn (tired of the bag
> in my wrist anyhow) for a standard store-bought horn. Last night I tried
> practicing this song in the PvP area of Freeport and it again wouldn't
> actually play. Well now I have gone to Kelethin and bought Screech and am
> completely unable to start the song due to my brass skill. I
> tried to start
> Screech (literally) about 300 times last night with and without the horn
> equipped and had *one* success - not too useful.
>
> When there is not a mob within range of my song, what I get is
> DDD starts, I
> briefly get some orange flares from my hands and then it's just
> me standing
> there. No playing horn graphic, no orange flares, nothing.
>
> Can anyone comment on this and/or offer a solution? I *need*
> this song, but
> if Verant has changed it so that the only way for me to increase my Brass
> skill is to fight experience-giving mobs with it, I'm screwed. I
> *WILL* die
> trying to get DDD and/or Screech fired up against a blue mob.
>
> Crier Sharpsong - 26th on Fennin Ro
>
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