Depends on what you are fighting. Heck, I was in a group with 2 mages, an
enchanter, a druid, and a shaman on seafury island and I still had time
during the battles to get 4 to 5 procs in with my YK and 1 to 2 with my
Kisch.
On the other hand, when I went into Paw last night with 3 druids, a shaman
and a warrior, nothing lived long enough for me to hit it, much less proc.
In the grand scheme of things, my damage is token anyhow. Even with 2 YKs
(yes, I got my second one), I can't approach the damage of my wife's warrior
or even the DOTs from the Shamans or druids and I will probably get
out-damaged by our mages pets. With my Kisch and Yk or my 2 Yks I can do
respectable damage now, but it is a smaller percentage of the overall damage
done in a battle and nothing near what a warrior with the same combo of
weapons could do. Given that, the only valid argument that I've heard about
using proc'ing weapons vs. non-proc'ing weapons for a bard is we tend not to
want the taunt effect of the proc (not having any hit points). Now if you
agree with the argument that a high level bard should be using non-proc'ing
weapons to reduce the taunt effect, then probably the best weapon combo for
a bard would be a EBW and an Orb of Tishan.
I, on the other, love the procs and usually don't mind having the extra
taunt effect at this point, so I alternate between a Yk and a Kisch and 2
Yks. Besides they look cool :-)
Taneran Dreamweaver
<Clan Jax>
Bard of the 41rst Song
Prexus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kim@... [mailto:kim@...]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 10:52 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: Gold Platted Crappy Weapon
>
>
> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Eric Boller wrote:
> >
> > Who cares about the proc? Most weapons don't average
> > more than 1 proc every 45 seconds or so anyway
> > (contrary to most people's belief that they average 4
> > or 5 procs per fight). The damage/delay is better
>
> Depends who you usually group with. If you're with casters,
> then I agree. But I'm usually in all-melee or primarily melee
> groups. With fights typically lasting 3+ minutes, the weapons
> *do* average 4-5 procs per fight. :) (I enjoy grouping with
> casters too, but long melee fights makes the effect of my
> songs more obvious so I can fine tune the mix better.)
>
> > than the ykesha and ebw (not taking into account magic
> > numbers and lower delay,etc). I guess I still don't
> > see why you guys think it is crappy. Granted it is
> > off a dragon and is only marginally better than your
> > ykesh or ebw. However, unless you have a planar
> > weapon I would consider this better. Anyway, anyone
> > on Tunare who think this weapon is crappy--I will
> > gladly take your crappy weapon!
>
> If it looks like a plain old dagger, that makes it crappy in
> my book. :)
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
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