It (stuck song) has happened to me frequently in the last couple weeks,
about once a night. Usually happens after a long, nasty lag bubble. I've
also noticed it occur after those spinning stuns that seem to last forever.
When I come to, the song buttons are available (not grayed) but a song is
stuck on. (I'm always thankful when it's heal or anthem and not CoD!). Can't
stop it or start another - get the message "Your song ends" after the
buttons flicker gray momentarily. Next time I will try the /stopsong command
mentioned here.
Another song problem: Have any of you twisted 3 songs, say Warsong/CoD/Hymn,
and had a song just drop because the message order got screwed up? It seems
to happen when the timing is very close on a song refresh so I'm thinking it
is a client/server lag thing. For example:
You whistle an ancient warsong
Your song ends
Lady Vox winces (a HEF can dream, right?)
Your song ends
Lady Vox dies (in my dream CoD is really strong)
Your wounds begin to heal
Your song ends
You whistle an ancient warsong
You stop whistling
Your song ends
Notice the last three lines. If I had not refreshed the song in time, it
should say I stopped whistling *before* starting again and the icon should
blink briefly. But here the result is that the icon goes away and stays off
for at least one full cycle. Has this happened to you?
Operaman
Tonedeaf Tenor
Innoruuk
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Andrews <cmandy_drew@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 3:17 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Song probs?
> From: "Christopher Andrews" <cmandy_drew@...>
>
> i'm glad to see it's not just me having this exact problem...
>
> yesterday alone i encountered two separate occasions when i could not
> sing a song due to another song being what appeared to be "locked" into
> verse. now the peculiar thing was that one of these times, i was in east
> commons grouped with another bard, and some others. i decided since i was
a
> little higher than he was, to sing my hymn song instead to heal up the
party
> a wee faster. his song ended. i attempted to start my hymn. did not
take...
> at all. i tried maybe 20 times. grrr... this wasn't the first time it had
> happened to me, so i didn't panic. i simply zoned. it seems to fix the
> problem, but isn't necessarily something you want to do while either
> fighting some mobs, or trying to heal your party while preparing for the
> next battle.
> even while i was running towards the zone, i asked the other bard to
sto
> singing his song again. he did once more. i was maybe half the zone away
> from him and still kept getting the message "your wounds begin to heal."
> hmmm... i left clicked on the icon to try removing the effects that way.
> also no luck. well since i was at the zone, i went ahead and did the sure
> fix.
> is this happening with any other bards? what could be the problem?
maybe
> an incidental bug included with the last patch. or is what Sylly was
> discussing having to do with lag and spikes? i didn't experience any of
that
> if i recall correctly.
>
> Pava
> Bard in the 13th measure
> Cazic Thule
>
> >
> >Yesterday, the lag was incredible. Constant 15% to 35%, surges and
spikes
> >into red with 50% to 80%. Other players all complaing. Some guys
getting
> >dumped and coming back only to be nekkid and bind spot - never seeing a
> >fight.
> >
> >So, rather than venture into some hard dungeon, I was helping a group do
> >HG's off the wood bridge in North Karanas. Staying back, buffing and
mana
> >song. So, then I decide ok, let's try Denons with horn and see how he
> >likes
> >it. Great - he's wincing away nicely.
> >
> >Then my friend Kaldivar comes by and asks about fenne's and charms. So,
I
> >say follow me I can show you a Grifxxxx spawn spot - do you know where
the
> >named treeant is? (By now you should have a pretty good idea of what is
> >coming next.)
> >
> >On the way there, I cant get selo's to lock and stay up. I click, it
trys,
> >then stops. I start whining about lag and how weird this is a cant make
my
> >songs play, etc. etc. Just as we get to that little tower, I look up and
go
> >"hmmm, wonder why the tree is moving around like that?" Followed shortly
> >by
> >"you are burned" and whoof 2 plus bubs of hp dissappear. Btw: Kaldivar
> >says
> >"oh I dunno, he is red to me" Hehe - I start running away and frantically
> >yelling "ZNE, ZNME, ZONE!!" You are burned. Another 2 bubs gone and a
> >glimpse of the goodie werewolf hunter chasing me as well.
> >
> >Now I am keying and clicking Selos very, very fast and desparately trying
> >for a zone. Praise the Gods! It finally stuck and I escaped to the
> >Western
> >Karana.
> >
> >So, all I can think of is Denons was locked on - due to some lag bug?
Selos
> >would not start and since there is no icon and were no other mobs being
hit
> >- there was no screen message to see. But seems even wierder than that.
I
> >scrolled back to see what spell he was casting and do not recall seeing
"a
> >Xannthoulos winces" message. Not that is some strong "bard hate" when
> >stuff
> >that likes you attacks you!!
> >
> >After a bit, the lag seemed to settle enough so I went and helped my
group
> >kill spectres. Even with 3 and 4 of them getting pulled, it seemed
almost
> >too easy. Of course we did have an enchanter handling the crowd control.
> >She could park them as necessary while we feared (although not the bard
> >fear) and killed the others. Hehe, spectres are too easy. Never thought
I
> >would be saying that.
> >
> >Sylly Songsynger
> ><Spirit of the Moon>
> >Bard of the 34th song
> >somewhere on Innoruuk
>
> > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to toren@...
with the subject lol.
>