Bard epic instrument modifier question

[Skywarp]

Bard epic gets no true replacement until the 1.5 in omens of war. There are only a few scenarios where you could drop it for another weapon. 1 being that you have voice of the serpent from SSRA. velioUS was not notable or kind to bards in some points of view with exception to getting tunares bard blade in PoG. The only true upgrade to the bard epic before omens is the songblade of the eternal in the plane of time or rapier of somber notes in tacvi. Both which will never be on p99 unless Rog and crew grant us a miracle.

[Daldaen]

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

Bard epic gets no true replacement until the 1.5 in omens of war. There are only a few scenarios where you could drop it for another weapon. 1 being that you have voice of the serpent from SSRA. velioUS was not notable or kind to bards in some points of view with exception to getting tunares bard blade in PoG. The only true upgrade to the bard epic before omens is the songblade of the eternal in the plane of time or rapier of somber notes in tacvi. Both which will never be on p99 unless Rog and crew grant us a miracle.

Not really true. Bard epic was replaced in PoTime with proper gearing. Voice of the Serpent stacked with Epic. The singing mod cap is 3.4, so with 1.0 base, 0.8 epic, and 0.6 VotS, you could get up to 2.4. Adding in Singing Mastery3 AAs you get 0.9, so 3.3. The Shei cloak got you up to the 3.4 cap. But without Epic, you couldn't hit that max other than Puretone.