Velium swiftblade - bards

[-Catherin-]

Personally I wouldn't be concerned about your melee dps at all. its going to be bad no matter what you do. equip your hands with other ultimate goals in mind. A bard is only as good as their worst instrument!

[Daldaen]

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

Personally I wouldn't be concerned about your melee dps at all. its going to be bad no matter what you do. equip your hands with other ultimate goals in mind. A bard is only as good as their worst instrument!

**Other than Wind. Wind is useless.

[Xaanka]

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

Personally I wouldn't be concerned about your melee dps at all. its going to be bad no matter what you do. equip your hands with other ultimate goals in mind. A bard is only as good as their worst instrument!

agree.

imo, keep the guardian mace because you already have it. the proc is good. if you're going to sell it, do it to buy a better instrument. or maybe a tish orb if you're on red.

drum->resists->lute->sta/hp->dex is pretty much your list of priorities. throw "clicky trash buffs" after resists on that if you're playing on red.

str, weapon ratio, etc don't really matter much. procs/effects on weapons can be important/useful like tish orbs, that sword with the clicky regen song, guardian mace, epic, slow trident etc. the only time you should really put much thought into your weapons is "is this proc/effect any good"

think of it this way: at best your dps is going to be about on par with a necro pet, from low levels to the endgame with all the best gear.

[Troxx]

I'm pretty sure our melee dps is quite a bit lower than a necro pet [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[zanderklocke]

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

agree.

imo, keep the guardian mace because you already have it. the proc is good. if you're going to sell it, do it to buy a better instrument. or maybe a tish orb if you're on red.

drum->resists->lute->sta/hp->dex is pretty much your list of priorities. throw "clicky trash buffs" after resists on that if you're playing on red.

str, weapon ratio, etc don't really matter much. procs/effects on weapons can be important/useful like tish orbs, that sword with the clicky regen song, guardian mace, epic, slow trident etc. the only time you should really put much thought into your weapons is "is this proc/effect any good"

think of it this way: at best your dps is going to be about on par with a necro pet, from low levels to the endgame with all the best gear.

Cha is also a priority if you are a grouping bard for mezzing/charming.

What is the slow trident?

[Cecily]

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

I'm pretty sure our melee dps is quite a bit lower than a necro pet [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes, because the pets can double attack lol. Bards get 1 attack per round per weapon, so if you try really hard you might get to half the DPS of a ranger.

[koros]

Mace - (((10*2+11)/18)+(14*2/24)*.54)*1.23 = 2.89

Swifblade - (((10*2+11)/18)+(5*2/24)*.54)*1.36 = 2.64

Relative damage to each other. Simple answer to your question is that the mace will do more always.

[Troxx]

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

Mace - (((10*2+11)/18)+(14*2/24)*.54)*1.23 = 2.89

Swifblade - (((10*2+11)/18)+(5*2/24)*.54)*1.36 = 2.64

Relative damage to each other. Simple answer to your question is that the mace will do more always.

Excellent! Thanks for the reply [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] . The equation may be a bit simplistic in undervaluing damage bonus in assuming you'll always hit for the upper end of the equation, but that's the most straight answer I've received. Good to know.

So based off your numbers bard dual wield rate is 54%?

[beel]

kind of off topic but still on topic:

What is the appearance of the Velium Swiftblade? Like an edge of the nightwalker or different?

[Troxx]

Smallish katana, looks fairly nice.