Miscellaneous: Summary of Bard issues

[Jete]

Update, 22 Apr 2010

Added to Bugs:
-Added all the bug reports from the patch.

-Re-posted "Songs not interrupting on the user's end"

Added to Fixed:
-Moved "Fixed" down a post.

-Bard Invis

Misc:
-Moved "Fixed" down a post.

[astuce999]

To be added to the main post:

Originally Posted by Jete [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Taken from EQClassic.org and it seems everyone agrees:

-Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, level 32, original era, has no icon. It's a flat 5 mana per pulse.
-Cassindra's Chant of Clarity, level 20, Kunark era, has no icon. This is 2 mana per pulse.
-Cantata of Replenishment, level 55, Kunark era, *is* an icon buff. It's a base of 12 mana per tick at level 55.
-Cantata of Soothing, level 34, Velious era, *is* an icon buffs. Base of 5 mana/tick.

So, from Kunark on out, the "best" mana song will have an icon. It can be twisted with the level 32 pulse-based song, though, so it's kind of the best of both worlds.
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However much it pisses me off its true. Manasong shouldn't have a song graphic bards can stack manasongs since they are pulse based. It pretty much destroys twisting since you just cast it over and over..... So yay for bard manasong auto-attack /afk!

Sounds like you might have ommited to add it on purpose :-P

Only other thing I want to add at this time is that Chords of Dissonance (lvl 2) is String based, and not Horn based.

cheers,

'Stuce

[Jete]

I don't know what you are talking about.

[Jete]

Update, 03 May 2010

- Tons of updates.

[Jete]

# Haynar: Bard instrument modifiers should now stick to bard dots.
# Haynar: Quick twisting will no longer cause casting bars to disappear.
# Haynar: More Bard Song Interrupt fixes.
# Haynar: More Bard Song Duration fixes.
# Haynar: Bard Song interrupts can now be filtered with the Bard Songs filter in the client

Haynar: Updated spells_us.txt to fix bard songs using spell effects with sound. This will require updated spells_us.txt client side to fix the sound.

Bards rejoice! Moved the previous to fixed.

[Haynar]

Where do we stand?

How the latest patch working?

Haynar

[Jete]

So far so good, I haven't checked tash / charm stacking, but I believe someone in my guild confirmed it.. Twisting is working well, which sucks because I can no longer twist 3 songs and say, "stupid bard bugs!"

I can't thank you enough for fixing the twist issues, I'm sure it was hard as heck to do but it makes me super-happy. I apologize for not making more youtube videos as bug reports, I'm leaving for Florida on Saturday.. which is Friday in the states I think... So I have been getting ready for that. If any other bards would care to chime in to respond to Haynar that would be great!

To the other bards:
I really respect the fact we we're able to pull together as a group and be mature about our class being broken and almost utterly useless some days. It is because of this we were able to get fixed so quickly ( along with Haynar's expertise ). I urge you all to stay this way and create a helpful community to help one-another. No matter what any other class says/does, we are the hardest class to master in EQ as well as the least understood. By creating this type of community we increase the respect given to our class by others and teach one another new things.

[Elendae]

Everything is running so smooth. Now I just have to learn how to actually be a good bard.

[Deathrydar]

Everything looks good and I changed my signature to reflect that! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jify]

Originally Posted by Jete [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Twisting is working well, which sucks because I can no longer twist 3 songs and say, "stupid bard bugs!"

Oh no... Does this mean we will be expected to maintain a minimum of 4 twisted songs at raids now? ;D

Well done Haynar! You're the man!