Thanks for the advice. I think the best strategy is to only use this song in
groups I know. I'll skip it in pickup groups for now, unless someone asks,
or it's obvious they use /assist properly.
Operaman
Traffic Cop Wannabe
Innoruuk
----- Original Message -----
From: JasonF <JasonF@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 5:14 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Newbie questions
> From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
>
> Is there an echo in here?
>
> I wrote this PRECISE same message at your level - complete with saying I'd
> all but given up on teaching people to work with this song correctly. Now
> at level 28 I find that almost every competent group that I join (maybe 7
> out of 10 of them) works this way without being instructed to, and better
> yet, most are now familiar with spells like Lullaby or the Enchanter's AE
> Mesmerization. Yes, there are still groups that don't understand Lullaby
at
> my level, but they're typically much more open to listening to and
following
> my suggestions. My frustration at your level was the same - I'd instruct
a
> group and they'd either ask me who made me God or ignore me altogether.
>
> Bards are second only to Enchanters for crowd control. Even your beefy
> Troll and Ogre buddies are going to watch their life drain away with a
bunch
> of blue and green mobs smacking on them. A few startlingly fast deaths in
> Permafrost, Runnyeye or Guk and your friends will be all ears when you say
> you can do crowd control.
>
> Don't give up. Keep explaining it to your groups so that they'll know how
> things work 10 levels from now. It will pay off in a few levels when the
> tanks realize that their massive HPs only go so far, and the casters
realize
> how frighteningly fragile they are when the blue bar is heading South.
>
> Crier Sharpsong - 28th song bard on Fennin Ro
>
>
> > From: "Operaman" <slider@...>
> >
> > I've almost given up on trying to perfect this (Lullaby) with
> > pickup groups
> > at my level (16-19). Either nobody understands /assist, they
> > don't trust my
> > lullaby to work, or they just plain don't listen. After one
> > nightmarish pull
> > ("A Orc Warrior"s and Priests along the west side of Oasis) in
> > which I died
> > because nobody would let my mobs sleep, I pulled out the virtual
> > chalkboard
> > and went though it step-by-step:
> >
> > 1) I type MEZ
> > 2) Everyone /assist the puller
> > 3) Stay on one target until it is dead.
> > 4) Healer watch my health as all the other baddies pound on me
> > between naps
> >
> > Everyone said OK. The very next nasty pull I typed MEZ and watched as
> > everybody chose their favorite Orc and nobody assisted the puller. It
was
> > late so I said my goodbyes and shuffled home. I think it will take a
> > situation where this song noticeably saves lives before people will be
> > convinced. Next time I try it I'm going to make sure to Selo out
> > of there if
> > I don't see a lot of /assisting going on. It only hurts the bard to stay
> > cause the mobs aren't going to leave him alone when they're awake.
> >
> > The evening was fun and the xp was good, but I'm looking forward to
> > graduating to more mature groups where satisfaction comes from watching
a
> > good plan come together, rather than marvelling that we didn't die when
we
> > deserved to.
> >
> > Operaman
> > Meandering Maestro of the 17th Song
> > Innoruuk
> >
> > p.s. Who decided that non-SoW'd trolls make good pullers? The ten
minutes
> > ours was away selling I pulled and we killed twice as many mobs
> > with little
> > downtime.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
> > To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 1:25 PM
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] Newbie questions
> >
> >
> > > From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
> > >
> > > This simple tactic seems to be the hardest think for hybrid tanks to
> > learn.
> > > I have seen even mid 30's (typically in HK where it is after all
"safe"
> > and
> > > you don't have to be really skilled to survive) not follow this really
> > > simple yet effective proceedure.
> > >
> > > It works! It really, really works!
> > >
> > > Sylly
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bobby [mailto:merlin26@...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:05 PM
> > > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Newbie questions
> > >
> > > From: "Bobby" <merlin26@...>
> > >
> > > he area mez
> > >
> > > we all /assist on the main tank
> > >
> > > and take one at a time..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to
> > toren@...
> > with the subject lol.
> > >
> >
> > > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to
> > toren@... with the subject lol.
> >
>
> > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to toren@...
with the subject lol.
>