hehe, a cleric on our raid last night hit level 52 killing naggy, he was
very very happy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas) [SMTP:garramone@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 6:24 PM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] the dangers of digest mode! (LONG)
>
> lol, appropriate subject.
>
> > Dragon Raids:
> > Elemental+Guardian. On Nag I tend to get right under his
> > tummy and punch
> > him in the junks for 10-15 or so. This is by far the most
> > fun I have in EQ
> > and where I've got my most treasured screenshot: You punch
> > Lord Nagafen
> > for 8 points. You have slain Lord Nagafen. You recieve
> > party experience.
> > Welcome to level 49! In the loot window is my drum and orb. =)
>
> now that is a dragon raid. get the kill, get the exp, level, and get 2
> items =) hmm what do i play... obviously elemental no matter what. then
> i
> mix in VoV since augmentation can get cancelled. i haven't played
> guardian
> in a while cause normal MR buffs seem to be enough to thwart dragon fear.
> i
> don't punch, but i am right under his belly as well.
>
> > Vox has a much larger melee range and we (my guild) tends to
> > spread out a
> > bit more in her lair, so I usually don't get to stand right
> > under her and
> > have to move around quit a bit more. I still melee with the
> > ol' wood elf
> > fists of might!
>
> we pull vox out to the ramp outside the movable rock that opens to her
> lair,
> then we push her down into that corner. so i am still right under her
> belly
> and there is no chance to get feared into the bear pit.
>
>
> > My current Superman outfit is red dragon scale, rubi boots, elf hide
> > gloves, 2 orbs with the rest lambent. I'm going to try for
> > Wolverine now
> > that there is a pair of claws that can be wore in the off
> > hand... what helm
> > is black plate?
>
> the helm you get off deepwater gobs for the lambent quest is black. those
> duel claws look cool, but you soon tire of having a 7 33 weapon in your
> off-hand =)
>
> > On Singing Steel:
> > The effects are that bad, maybe its just how I play. Having
> > food and water
> > is nice, enduring breath is great for exploring too. The AC
> > is ridiculous
> > however. Each peice could use a +2-3 point boost *minimum*.
>
> i think the boots and gloves (and all other classes common drops so far)
> may
> not have the best AC and stats, but i think the other items (legs, BP for
> example) may turn out to have phenomenal stats, as did the cobalt greaves
> we
> got a warrior in my guild
> (http://www.gameznet.com/eq/equipment/cobaltgreaves.html) which are just
> absoultely amazing. maybe bards can look forward to similar stuff on
> other
> pieces. and hey, i actually ran out of water the other day and grabbed
> the
> boots out of my ee bag for a minute to make some =) and i do wear the
> gloves, just to be a little different and you can't go wrong with enduring
> breath as an effect. looks like the BP of each melee class could have
> effect: gate.
>
> > Uberguilds:
> > I hate the term but my guild (LoS, Legacy of Steel) gets
> > accused of it too.
> > We're small as things go, 50 real people but we can do
> > anything in the
> > game at anytime and we always share our info, tactics and
> > assistance once
> > we're confident its correct, so I tend to reject a lot of the
> > critism that
> > is leveled against us by a very small very vocal segment of
> > the server.
>
> our leadership is pretty strict about keeping information within the
> guild.
> we work very hard and sacrifice a lot to accomplish goals we set out for,
> and i guess they just would rather keep what we do our own, and let others
> accomplish their own goals. so i guess i am in a sense a hypocrite when i
> ask others for info, which isn't often but i shouldn't do it if i know i
> can
> return the favor.
>
> > On Loot:
> > We NEVER random, we NEVER do multiguild events. Our GM (or
> > officer if he
> > is not present) calls loot and that's that - we work so well together
> > because we're like a family. Who ever gets the drops we all
> > consider it to
> > have been worth it, that's just how we are. In the rare pick
> > up groups I
> > join (rare because we almost always are doing some sort of
> > event) I simply
> > fore go loot because of all the difficulties and hard
> > feelings that often
> > arise.
>
> we have a complex loot system based on time of participation which i've
> talked about before.
>
> > On Weapons Vs Songs:
> > If we're in a situation that requires tactics and team work I
> > almost always
> > opt for weapons, since our DoTs complicate mes. I also go
> > with weapons in
> > a "normal" group.
>
> same, i have always been a battle bard myself.
>
> > On Kurnark Loot:
> > I HATE it not being NODROP most of all, but also I HATE
> > soloable yard trash
> > at the zone line dropping stuff better than stuff my guild
> > spend MONTHS
> > /played in planes for and I HATE the Monty Haul stats. I had
> > a really long
> > rant typed out but in the end I deleted because there's no
> > need to subject
> > you all to it. =)
>
> big ditto. all that time for planes/dragon/god armor and weapons, and
> better stuff drops randomly in kunark. oh well, though there are items i
> would like to have, nothing is really amazingly better than what i have or
> has me falling out of my chair yet. heh i'm sure the higher level people
> get and deeper they go in the new dungeons, that kind of stuff will show
> up.
>
> now look what you did Tork, two long novels =b
>
> Shada Powa, L53 Wood Elf Minstrel
> Tyria Sarkin, L50 High Elf Wizard
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