Posted by Someone on August 4, 2000 at 14:01:45:
In Reply to: Hmm... posted by The Arcane(VIP) on August 4, 2000 at 13:06:50:
> > I study the log of Peroleth upon the Grove
> > first I notice the point you are making.
> > That did not help him ...
> > 1 getting his ass kicked still
> > 2 Gergan dying
> > 3 you retrieving the item
> > 4 you claim to sucessfully gettint the Sylvans's item
> > 5 you still kicked ass
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> To be honest, and I know this is going to sound a lot like mindless bragging (but it's not mindless--it is bragging, though), virtually any other character would have died in that situation. I was fully prepped. If I wasn't, I'd have died. I hasted my mobs in advance, or else the archon would've been slowed, not moving at normal speed, and he'd have tanked it easily. I had a ring of regeneration, the stoneform amulet, and a generally ridiculous suit of gear to back up my preparation. I didn't panic, despite having no idea Kamal was even on, much less waiting for me. I had the right magical tools to finish the job. I knew what he was trying to do, and I knew how to keep him from doing it (it's no coincidence that I re-flashed him just as it wore off every time).
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> On their end, Gergran was, for lack of gentler words, a fucking moron. He seemed to forget that he was a healer, and not a warrior--probably wearing all that dam gear affected his brain. He insected himself and then did nothing while letting me kill him. I couldn't *BELIEVE* that he died to me in that situation. If he'd played a proper support role, I was in trouble. If he hadn't taken his sweet time getting to me (how can it possibly take a healer 5 minutes real time to reach the grove?), I wouldn't have even been able to get the sapling back.
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> What should/could Kamal have done differently? Three things, in order of importance.
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> 1) Beast call the ARCHON, not me! That takes care of it without exposing him to additional damage needlessly. If he doesn't have to flee, I lose that fight.
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> 2) Kill the elemental first. That's always the top priority if you're defending a cabal item, or should be. If they can't do damage, they're not getting their item back. Elementals don't have that much hp, and most importantly, it was INSIDE a cabal. Why does this matter? No tracking! camo;ambush fire;flee;[re-enter], repeat for an unspeak every time (given the ridiculous suit he had). Suddenly, all my damage potential is gone.
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> 3) Shield cleave me. I was tanking ridiculously well there.
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> Now, in reality, I wouldn't have died. I had a "get-out-of-jail-free" pass at the ready, as I almost always do when raiding Sylvan, but still, I'd have lost the fight.
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> > I am still having a hard time against Masters
> > mainly
> > 1 they kick my ass all the time due to my inexperience playing a rager bard
> > 2 they word every single time
> > 3 none of my songs seems to work
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> I don't know as much about bards as I should, admittedly. What level are you? You should really, really try to hero ASAP... it makes a world of difference. I'll leave bard commentary to someone else.