QUOTE(Athana @ Oct 22 2006, 12:08 AM) 345084
It's not as great as it seems...it's not a visable becoming undead type thing (that would be so sweet), it only gives everyone -slight- physical damage protection
Yeah sounds like a weak putrefaction then
Yes it does, no it does not visibly turn anyone undead and the physical protection it gives is -very- slight.
And entanglement is about all that necroscream can really do (if you have tarot and web enchant). Anyone who dies to Threnody deservers a cold cold grave.
EDIT: Well and you can effectively hunger people if the fight goes on for a bit...
And entanglement is about all that necroscream can really do (if you have tarot and web enchant). Anyone who dies to Threnody deservers a cold cold grave.
EDIT: Well and you can effectively hunger people if the fight goes on for a bit...
QUOTE(Verithrax @ Oct 22 2006, 10:11 AM) 345172
Threnody is currently only that weak because of how easy it is to nullify all bard offense with deafness. Given our other skills, it could very well be better than Chasm once deafness is fixed.
I am still not to sure about this. Bards could work their songs, then run a timer and echo ~2 seconds before the song is supposed to hit since you don't see it. Then you use that note that stuns and strips deafness. Seems a bit complicated, but I don't know why it should be easy to devastate someone.
And then there's Dark Master, which is one of those skills that sound sucky but in fact have a lot of unrealised potential. In fact, if you can get someone into it while they're afflicted with power spikes, YOU HAVE WON THE FIGHT.
Only if you know the macro for the ability, and they have it. And Sham only died to it when he truehealed because he's a friggin low level and a lazy basher. Would get me low, but nowhere in the range of --Die the next hit--- or ---dies when 10 power are used---
Undead Blues should have a visible effect, really. It's not a balance issue at all, and would make the effect that much more fun if it was visible. And no, I don't think mutual allying should be needed. I don't feel the game should have to enforce consensus to keep anyone from ever being in an (ICly) uncomfortable situation. The overall effect should be better, as well. A way to make the bard and only the bard permanently undead, and maybe a ressurection of some sort, would be just peachy.
Poserundead. -.-
And then there's SickeningPlague, which can run through your whole food stocks in a matter of minutes. Can you say 'starvation'?
Four hits brought me from full to starving, so yeah, this is potent.
And then there's our willpower drains, which I'm not sure are any good.
Actually, one of the two willpower drains you have is very significant, and is going to screw anyone with less than ~20k willpower over. (Works whenever hit by a physical attack, so bards can't use that alone)
QUOTE(Shamarah @ Oct 22 2006, 11:49 AM) 345193
If the bard wanted to be a cheap whore they could just put up the willpower draining song, wield rapiers, and jab you repeatedly.
That has a chance of like 50% to hit, or less.
QUOTE(Sylphas @ Oct 22 2006, 12:01 PM) 345196
450 per power used on powerspikes? A LOT of people will die to a forced 10 power skill. As a furrikin, I won't break 4.5k until 98, even with yellow and a con platter, not until Titan unbuffed.
Except if it's Magic damage, then you'll twitch your eyebrow and continue doing...something.
Um.. well that would require the target to have 10p on their prompt, and if they don't have trueheal I'd have to hope they're on balance/eq as well when DM hits...
As for Threnody, it works much like chasm/soulless. If I do -anything- after I play it it stops (or if the target goes deaf or leaves) - it's a one time effect not a song that hits every 10 seconds. The stun ability lasts 2 seconds and the eq recovery for it is 2 seconds.. so yes, you have 12 seconds to put up deafness or leave.
EDIT: As for willpower drain.. a simple 'Why' comes to mind quite often there (at least for me). If bards manage to 'drain' their target to zero health it dies, but a drain to zero mana or willpower alone won't scratch anymore. Especially since we can't effectively stop people from running.
As for Threnody, it works much like chasm/soulless. If I do -anything- after I play it it stops (or if the target goes deaf or leaves) - it's a one time effect not a song that hits every 10 seconds. The stun ability lasts 2 seconds and the eq recovery for it is 2 seconds.. so yes, you have 12 seconds to put up deafness or leave.
EDIT: As for willpower drain.. a simple 'Why' comes to mind quite often there (at least for me). If bards manage to 'drain' their target to zero health it dies, but a drain to zero mana or willpower alone won't scratch anymore. Especially since we can't effectively stop people from running.
