On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Elijah Meeker wrote:

>
> One note, if we examine the group I am in, there is one warrior, a cleric
> (who of course can't tank worth anything at his level) and a wizard. We have
> tried having me play instruments but I still do too much melee damage to
> simply play. So the cleric/warrior keep me alive (they are husband and wife
> and in the same room so they work GREAT together) and I melee. I don't see
> this changing for a long time, unless we get another tank (which I would
> LOVE). But good players are hard to come by, so we will see.

In general, I find we need a minimum of two tanks for me to be
effective using just instruments (casters don't count because
they kill mobs so quickly my songs aren't in effect long
enough for the difference between singing and instruments to
become apparent). If there's just one other tank, I still use
my weapons. If there's two, I will use weapons or instruments
depending on the situation and the other party members.
Three or more tanks and it's instruments all the way.

--
John H. Kim
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