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I have no answers for you but would like to ask about Singing Steel Gauntlets. They are an EB item that is bard only but I am under the impression that they have a time limit on how long they can be used (20 some odd minutes?). If they have a limit, how can they be reset? I wish to go to Kedge to fight Phinney for an epic drop for my bard.

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Singing steel gauntlets are worn, not triggered. Unless they changed the effect in the last month, they give you enduring breath as long as they're equipped.

Hi Brialla,

I just did the run to Katta Castellum through the Grey with the Bard enduring breath song (Tarew's Aquatic Ayre). My swimming is maxed for my level (19). I only needed to 'cast' the song approximately once every 30-40 seconds. The song itself runs for 18 seconds - then you get that Air Remaining indicator - which gives me another appx 15 secs until Air Remaining is 50%. Cast Aquatic Ayre again - repeat. There's plenty of time to twist in other songs and twist the Aquatic once in a while. Between starting the song and completely running out of air - I estimate I had almost one minute of time. I gave myself a 15 sec buffer (50% Air Remaining) for missed notes etc.

I didn't time it - so I am guessing - easy to test underwater though - should give you a good idea of how much time you would have. It's my understanding that you are able to hold your breath longer with higher swimming skill - so depending on your level/skill you may have more or less time.

BTW - what a blast and a rush - I hope SOE never put in a PoK stone to KC. I went through Nexus - Neth Lair - Mars Seru - Mons Letanis - Grey - Twilight Sea - KC. Absolutely loved the heart thumping run and the scenery.

Hope this helps.

Edit : Jophiel - you are correct, I forgot the Scarlet Desert. My primary concern during the run was to stay invisible (being a lowlie in big bad zones) and in order to cast Aquatic - I would find an out of sight (from mobs) spot - cast Aquatic and immediately cast my invisibility song again - since Aquatic dropped invisibility. If invisibility is not a concern then there is plenty of time to twist songs.

I just timed it and actually I get a total time of 1 minute 20 seconds before I am totally out of air. (I guess under the adrenaline rush I was suffering from time distortion :))




Edited, Sun Jun 20 17:51:39 2004 by Rattan

I almost mentioned that, but it sounds like the OP is in the 30's which is a bit low to do the quest. The mobs you have to kill are at the lowest mid 40's. You could always get a friend to help, or see if someone is killing the shissar and don't care if you loot. If you can get the organs, it is a quest worth doing.

The taskmaster(the snake you're talking about in echo) is level 42, while the shissar in the grey range from mid 40's for the normal spawns, to mid 50's for the named.

Someone in their 30's or below would have little or no chance of completing that quest unless they had a LOT of help. It's a good quest though, and I would recommend any good races 50+ that need EB check it out,