I think this post is dead on. I gave up my lvl 33 Magician to play my lvl 20
Bard again for one reason. Bards are safe. Outdoors there is almost nothing
that can touch me. The world is open and free for discovery. There is a lot
to be said for being the fastest thing in Norrath, and good plate armor =)
Dank McGillicuty
lvl 20 Bard
Bristlebane
----- Original Message -----
From: Kimes, Dean W. <Dean_Kimes@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 2:49 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Undead drops in Kithicor
>
> There are a lot of points to this discussion. Many people want a dynamic
> game with more 'real' feel to it. The undead invasion definitely
accomplish
> both those goals.
> I'd even like to see a war over the commonlands where dark elf and
freeport
> soldiers of various levels started spawning and fighting both each other
and
> the players in the area. Very realistic, a pain if you want to travel
> freely but so what that's the way it would be if this were real.
>
> Q Hills may be a newbie zone but Kithicor really isn't. Most of the
people
> who hunt in Kithicor (never more than 12 at a time on E'ci before now)
hunt
> the orcs along the west wall and are levels 15-20. The ranger guild there
> is new and besieged already according to the storyline so even that part
> makes sense. All the ghoul messenger stuff was a foreshadowing of this
> eventuality so it should not have been much of a surprise that something
was
> going to happen in Kithicor.
>
> Why of all people would bards complain about this? I can tell from
comments
> on this list that I may not be a master tactician or combat fighter, but
> apparently I am a master traveler. I found Kithicor exciting in the heart
> of the event with red undead all around. I did corpse recoveries for
plays
> twice my level who were going to wait for daylight until I showed them how
> easily I could run thru and avoid getting hurt. I even helped out in a
> meager way with a few battles and healing people up in between battles.
>
> It would take extremely bad luck or carelessness for a bard over 15th
level
> to die in Kithicor even with the undead out and about. I ran thru about
20
> times dodging undead and never took more than a bubble of damage at a
time.
> Yes, I had to keep my eyes open and be really careful, but tension is fun!
> Once a zombie commander spawned right beside me, I just hit the Incoming
to
> Rivervale button and kept on motoring along. The reception committee at
> Rivervale made short work of the commander. If they couldn't have they
> would have zoned and so would I, no big deal.
>
> I think events like this are good for the game. They create an atmosphere
> of excitement and menace. They make the game feel real. Most importantly
> of all they give Bards a chance to shine as we can usually deal with
events
> like this long before other classes can and provide actual meaningful
> support to people far beyond our experience.
>
> Pick up your tents, put out your campfires, and go out there and
experience
> the world! It's an exciting dangerous place, full of adventure.
>
> Kitasi
>