Well, the other thing is to use it but get out of melee range of the mobs
you are sleeping. it has a AE rdaius and if you move around - nod them then
back off so when they wake and take a swipe at you - you are out of melee
range. ok, so you gotta dance as well as play and sing - but times that
seems to help. there are times when you will HAVE to use it - no matter
what.
we (my group) prefers that I mez targets for crowd control - because it
seems to be more effective and I get less damage when I do. There is for me
a practical limit of 2 to 3 mobs that I can effectively keep pixified. When
the need if for crowd control of 3 or 4 mobs while they fight number 5, I
HAVE to use lullaby. Of course, they prefer the enchanter to do the crowd
control but sometimes she is not in the group and then it is my job.
but mez is not in your song book yet so - lullaby when you HAVE to
(emergency) and dance out of melee range - that can help somewhat.
Sylly
-----Original Message-----
From: Operaman [mailto:
slider@...]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 8:07 AM
To:
eqbards@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Newbie questions
From: "Operaman" <
slider@...>
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
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>
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