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Message ID: 9136
Date: Wed Oct 27 03:29:47 BST 1999
Author: Ken Bachman
Subject: Re: 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.