Bard grouping & gear tips requested (lvl 52, blue)

[Snaggles]

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

I would play march of the wee over clairty, nivs over soothing, and then play soothing and clarity during downtime and in between pulls, because in the long run that tad bit of mana does not outweight other benefits you can bring to the table.

If they stick, I would get a powerful drum, play your 3 chants plus largos and twist in haste to ensure maximum hitpoint meltage, but I don't remember if chants stick to things in the hole.

Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely try that too.

[ChooChoo Train]

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

I would play march of the wee over clairty, nivs over soothing, and then play soothing and clarity during downtime and in between pulls, because in the long run that tad bit of mana does not outweight other benefits you can bring to the table.

If they stick, I would get a powerful drum, play your 3 chants plus largos and twist in haste to ensure maximum hitpoint meltage, but I don't remember if chants stick to things in the hole.

March of the wee is the single most annoying song there is, it’s only two uses are:
to shrink your entire group once(lasts til they zone if you play only one tic).
To shrink your entire group twice so you can shadow step them through locked doors.

Cantana - regens hp/mana
Selos consonant chain - snare/slow (on blue should land if slow is up)
Shield of song - 40pt+ dmg/magic rune song with lute
Your best Haste

On big baddies make sure to OOS(Drum)+ Fufils(Drum)+ Bereavement(Lute) in that order until slow is landed.

You will have several raiding stacks depending on what classes you’re grouped with and what encounter you are on.

There is no real set song stack outside this for groups, bards must be extremely versatile and adapt to a groups needs to make them efficient as possible! Great bards know every classes abilities/strengths/weaknesses and do what is necessary to optimize kill time while minimizing downtime.

PS. Hope this helps and don’t Twist Nilipus March of wee in groups, that poster is a moron or troll. Also join green. If you have any specific questions find me on discord or Ingame

-ChoooChooo<Lineage>

[branamil]

Do NOT play March of the Wee ever without asking your group. Being shrunk and growing again is extremely annoying for many people.

[Snaggles]

Thanks for the breakdown Choo and the warning Bran.
Keep the pro tips coming. The other post didn’t make much sense on paper but I’m taking it all in to sort out later.

When it comes to Barding I’m like a baby deer trying to figure out how to walk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. Not annoying people is very high on the list of goals.