Dancer Archive

Its been awhile since I had a buff fail, but tonight I tried twice on a customer, using both the active and passive methods and neither of them worked. This is extremely discouraging not to mention embarassing. Its just another reason why we need to be able to tell if the buff process is working BEFORE we spend 8 minutes (or however long it takes you) wasting a customer's time. I am pretty sure the guy was /watching me, he affirmed he was. I did everything the way I have been for months, but it didn't work.

Honestly, its only decent to ask that we be able to monitor the buffing process. It doesn't give us some unfair advantage that is going to throw the whole balance of the universe out of line, it simply allows us to do our jobs. I don't think its a lot to ask.

I'm horribly embarassed now, I gave the guy his money back and logged because I was so discouraged and humiliated about not being able to buff him after 20 minutes of trying. I am a Master and take my profession seriously, I need to know when my buffs aren't working so I don't diminish my reputation. After all, one of a Dancer's most important assets is her(or his) reputation.

*cry* I'm so embarassed now and my confidence is shot...

The "fixes" for our buffs left some things semi-broken. I too have had this problem (getting buffed since the patch.) It's a random problem that I seem to get when I use the radial menu to watch the dancer or whe I use the radial menu to stop watching. The /watch command still only seems to work about 1 in four times.

I had this happen to me 3 times since the last publish. For one incident, I think I /setperform before he was watching me, and I feel that somehow messed it up.Another time I found he stopped watching then restarted every time I stopped to heal myself. Now I'm just extra careful when I buff. Ask the person if they received themessage that your attention is set to them and the 2 minute warning.

Don't feel bad, it happens. It shouldn't, but it does, and it's not your fault.

I gave about 6 buffs last night. One of them didn't work at all. He watched, I used /setperform, he stopped watching when I told him to...and nothing. *shrug*

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noreenf wrote:

*cry* I'm so embarassed now and my confidence is shot...

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Aw, I'm sorry sweetie! /comfort

Shake it off though! We're all having a hard time with this... I hope we will see improvements soon, but till then you are at least in good company.

Keep on groovin'! We'll keep pushing for solutions!

***Big Hugs*** Breccia

Don't let it throw. I have had this happen as well. Themost embarrassing time was a fellow Ent. I /setperformed. Floed like crazy and he ended up getting a buff for about 30 seconds. . . twice in a row! I know it easy for us to say this to you, I also know what its like to be in your shows. You lose your confidence and wonder what you did wrong and worry about the next one. Please don't. I do enough worrying for the entire Bria server.

Message Edited by ArgentWulf on 05-06-2004 11:21 PM

Thanks everyone. You guys are so sweet--being understanding about me taking dancing so seriously. I'm in really good company. *hugs*

Sorry to hear about that. Nice to see you Dancers are so supportive of each other. (Not like us cantankerous horn-blowers!)

Hmm, by any chance was a Musician playing in the room at the same time? Is it possible a Musician was actively buffing your target? Were you grouped with any Musicians?