> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:07:18 -0600
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
> Subject: RE: RE: Re: Re: BARD HATE
>
> Sure other classes may get a random spell thrown at them occassionally,
but
> I'm willing to bet your cleric has never had a MOB leave it's fight, run
> across the battlefield and start beating on him when he was just standing
by
> observing.
> As if it stopped there. I've not only had them do this, but they became
so
> locked on that they never switched off me until they died despite being
> smacked, shot, burned, frozen, bent, folded, stapled, and mutilated by
the
> group they were originally fighting.
>
> This is bard hate.
If you were playing any song at all (even Selos is a buff), then the
monster put you on his hate list. If the other group was fighting multiple
mobs and only dealing damage to one (as they probably should), then the
other mob could easily be pulled off by your song. Once the mob jumped
you, you started playing your songs the best you know how. Anthem or Heal
or whatever song you play is not only pulsing on you, but also on every PC
around you. While your songs don't affect PCs not in your group, they
still put you on the hate list for the mob (and faction adjustments). If
you are surrounded by your group and the other group, the mob sees you
buffing 12 PCs. Nothing will get the mob off you as long as you keep
playing your songs like this.
And there are also other factors that can make you believe in "bard hate".
Zones are buggy. Songs can go through walls, unlimited z-axis, and
sometimes all the way to the other side of the zone. And many zones have
pathing problems. You may be affecting mobs and not even know it. Five
minutes later, the mob may have finally found a way to you. It will run
past other people who are not on it's hate list until it gets to you. You
might not have even been playing your songs for several minutes. Of course
you will think that it is Bard Hate, but there is no such thing.
It is a bard's song that cause monsters to attack, not just being a bard.
Wayne