Thanks for the explanation. i asked one of the Bard mains in my guild and
they were like "It is, it sucks, go make a post about it" lol. Seems really
stupid to me that it works that way. Makes me feel bad cuz i was trying to
help our chanter mez like 6 things and I just made it so he couldn't and we
all died. *shrug* guess you have to learn the hard way sometimes :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rokenn [mailto:pwr3@...]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 10:43 AM
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Re: My fingers are numb...
>
>
> Mez's stack kind of funny. They stack based on duration, shorter mez
> overwriting longer mezs. This is by design as they did not want
> chanters to be able to cast a fast casting short mez then be able to
> overwrite it with a longer mez. The upshot of this is that our mez
> (being shorter then the shortest chanter mez) will always overwrite
> and block chanter mez's, regardless of level. One of the points in
> the class balance threads on whine play was to allow an exception to
> the mez stacking rules, do that chanter mez would always overwrite
> bard mez. No word on if they are going to do this.
>
> -Rokenn
>
>
>
> --- In eqbards@y..., "Cyr, Thierry" <thierry.cyr@e...> wrote:
> > funny you should mention that. I was asking the same question
> today on
> > concerthall. for some oddball reason our mez overwrites chanter
> mez. I've
> > had a few bored chanters/confused when I start CC. Was grouped with
> an old
> > guildie from sol ro yesterday when I had to mez 4 at a time while
> they beat
> > the 5th down and she was quite "wow bards can do that?" and rest of
> group
> > was somewhat like that too. I told her, I'm not a manasong bard...
> >
> > Anyways, here's the thread
> > http://pub5.ezboard.com/ftheconcerthallbackstage.showMessage?
> topicID=10171.t
> > opic
> >
> > Minkin
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cranfill, Wendy [mailto:Wendy_Cranfill@m...]
> > Sent: June 25, 2001 11:05 AM
> > To: 'EQbards@y...'
> > Subject: [eqbards] My fingers are numb...
> >
> >
> > Played Tani for most of the weekend, had a blast. I've spent most
> of my
> > higher levels soloing or duoing, and this weekend, I ventured into
> Sebilis.
> > Wow, what an education. When we had a chanter, life was all fun...
> he
> > slowed, messed and hasted. I really didnt have to do any work but
> when I
> > was the crowd control.. well, wow.. its really hard to mes things
> and then
> > still fight the target mob. I started to get the hang of it though
> and
> > found outside views really help a lot.
> >
> > My question is, what is up with the 53 mez and chanter mez? I
> found out the
> > hard way (i.e. group death spree) that they don't seem to stack!?!
> But my
> > 53 mez seemed to overwrite the 59 chanter mez???!!! Whats up with
> that? Am
> > I wrong here? What am I missing?
> >
> > Tani, 53rd Bardette
> > Halana, 60th Shammykins
> > Solusek Ro
> >
> > P.S. Been a while, missed you all! Has anyone quit eq that i shold
> know
> > about? Seems like lots are lately =/
> >
> >
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