On Wed, 19 May 1999, Abraham Hardjana wrote:

>
> any group. However now that I am at lvl 16 no one seem to
> want a bard in their party. Perhaps it is because of my
> hunting in unrest, but I would think a bard would be a
> useful addition to any party there. However, it seems a
> bard's utility is my undoing. People either want a tank,
> or a healer or a burner and I can never be any of them.
> Many parties seem to

That's a common problem with human nature. Given a choice
between (A+B) or 2*(A/2+B/2), most will pick (A+B), even
though both are identical. I suspect given a choice between
(A+B) or 2*(0.7A+0.7B), most would still pick (A+B). People
are just not very good at doing comparisons that span multiple
criteria, and prefer the simplicity of "tank + mage" over
"mage-like tank + tank-like mage" even if the latter is
better.

> forget the advantages of some of the bard songs. With anthem, my friend a
> lvl 14 Druid and I were able to mow down Tormented after tormented with
> next to no downtime. In fact my friend rarely cast a spell because the
> two of us could melee the TDs without too much trouble. I was armed with
> a Combine Long Sword and he a runed Totem Staff. Now I can imagine how

With my lullaby going, my party of 5-6 were taking on other
people's trains of 4-8 blue-yellow (occasionally red) mobs in
Befallen without much danger. It was almost comical how
everything would stop dead in its tracks and wait its turn for
us to kill it. (You do need a healer though, because I ended
up taking most of the damage due to mobs occasionally waking
up and taking a swipe at me before going to sleep again.)

--
John H. Kim
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