Quick bard question before I dump 1000+ bone chips on her.

[MiRo2]

Originally Posted by MiRo2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you were asking what to put it into on a brand new sever in classic I would say strength all the way, bronze and lambent can get heavy with only 70str, but on a late velious server none of it really matters.

Starting stats don't matter for a bard on a server with an abundance of cheap decent gear. 2600 to 4400 is what my bard goes from unbuffed to fully buffed, scale it to whatever level range you want, but it's not necessary for 90% of barding, and only then at the end game.

Dump it all into charisma if you want, I'm not convinced any of them make a pratical difference while playing a bard; and I leveled a bard to 50 on blue during classic, another in the 40s recently, two on red, one 60 another 49. I've grouped a ton, solo'd at all levels, swarmed, raided; the only thing that matters is the right songs, for the right situations.

[indiscriminate_hater]

Jesus, lots of bad information in this thread. Most people posting have either never played a bard or have stopped after swarm kiting becomes hard at 55.

The most important stat is DEX, since, aside from twisting songs, the most important job a bard has is generating weapon procs. I usually finding myself starting a fight with double tash sticks so that the shaman can pull off a critical slow.

CHA is very easy to come by with gear, and you usually only need that in situations when you're charming - i.e. when you probably don't need the other stats. STA is always useful but the group utility lost between you eating 60 more hp worth of aoe and your tank eating extra rounds of mobs quadding in the 250s is huge.

Put 20 into DEX and 5 into STA and don't look back.

[MiRo2]

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

The most important stat is DEX, since, aside from twisting songs, the most important job a bard has is generating weapon procs.

If only bard stacking worked here like it did on live, DEX would be the be all end all for bards.

[Yasi]

I wouldn't put anything into melee stats, bc bard melee is crap anyways. You'll pull a lot, mez a lot (which means switching between targets a lot). I'd go CHA and STA. STR is Handy for looting a lot. Otherwise, I'd even consider INT for skill-ups, but I am not 100% sure that INT increasese skill leveling Speed. If it does, do it for wind/brass. Saves you hours.