Trying out a Bard, Halllpp! Any pro Bards here?

[Bubbles]

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

haah bubbles, get over yourself man.

I'm good for one rant a month. Today was that day =P.

[JayDee]

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

After spending some time on Seafury Island in OOT and Rathe Mtns, I must say that:

no, no I have not seen any "pro" bards.

I have seen plenty of "Heads up! Bard Faggotry INC from your left" in group chat.. But no, no "pro" bards.

Would be nice to just hand every one of them out a gold medal in beating the slowest FPS in gaming history and be done with it, but no, instead we have twink bards. Honestly, if there's 9 seafuries on the island, per se, and it takes you 30 minutes to kill 3, most of which time you spend running to other camps /yelling for help, just quit while you're behind, PLEASE. You're basically griefing spawns, picking the slowest possible way to level, and, in your own inept way, are fighting server-wide inflation by keeping seafuries alive as long as humanly possible and depriving the 57 million mages, druids and necros the chance to cash in on plat over in OOT.

P.S. As long as we're on the OOT subject, if you're a full party consisting of mid-30s melee, you can toss all the throwing stars you want at a clops, it's gonna be dead by the time you convince it to twaddle back to your group. Once again, it ain't an XP spot, and I'm sorry you didnt think to bring a porting class in your PARTY OF SIX.... But Seafurys are one of the like 5 places for 44+ to solo and earn plat while surfing for porn. Your merry band of mid-thirties can pick from Mistmoore, SolA, SolB, GukA/B, Paw, Unrest, Rathe, Feerrot, CT, and too many other effing places to waste energy typing out. Use a little common sense. At the very least go grief the idiots who think the Oasis specs are the best XP spot ever, at least THEY have nearby options if they give up to your inteptitude, they can hop right over to Guk or SolB or Rathe... The high levels in OOT are basically stuck out there watching your 8 backpacks of throwing stars and arrows rain slow plinkity death upon their dreams of shiny things.

But yeah, the bards piss me off far, far more.

#1 If bards want to kite seafuries for hours, that is their business. Infact, it might be one of the easiest ways for one to make cash at that level.

#2 The aggro system is fucked on this server making bards way less effective. Maybe that is why you haven't seen any "pro bards."

#3 Stop being a whiny bitch [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Serin]

She's right, bards suck on this server..

I can't go 1 hr without seeing 3 bards running around in full lambent.

For your information: Lambent is an ingenious set of armor for bards, because it reflects the class perfectly.. Multi-purposed. You don't use every song in every situation, and you don't use every piece of lambent in every situation. (it's kinda like cooking, ex: I like beef, it's a good flavor, but beef ice cream would be a bit much.)

Honestly, everybody who says CHA is a relevant stat for bards, has Absolutely no idea what they're talking about..

Parse it some time.. 100 lulls with base cha, and 100 lulls with 200+ cha.. there's a less than 5% difference in resist rate.. Whoopty doo!

Go hp/sta/ac for gear. It may look strange, but it works well..

Always Remember:
A live bard is a good bard.

[Arkis]

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

She's right, bards suck on this server..

I can't go 1 hr without seeing 3 bards running around in full lambent.

For your information: Lambent is an ingenious set of armor for bards, because it reflects the class perfectly.. Multi-purposed. You don't use every song in every situation, and you don't use every piece of lambent in every situation. (it's kinda like cooking, ex: I like beef, it's a good flavor, but beef ice cream would be a bit much.)

Honestly, everybody who says CHA is a relevant stat for bards, has Absolutely no idea what they're talking about..

Parse it some time.. 100 lulls with base cha, and 100 lulls with 200+ cha.. there's a less than 5% difference in resist rate.. Whoopty doo!

Go hp/sta/ac for gear. It may look strange, but it works well..

Always Remember:
A live bard is a good bard.

I like the first half of what you said, spot on. Bards are jack of all trades (and master of some). However, I would argue that cha IS important. The 5% resist rate could mean the greater ice bones would either all come and you may or may not wipe.

IMO bards should have a few sets of armor for varied situations. I always had a +cha set for when I needed to really break a spawn up. HP gear was great for when I needed to tank. Resist if you're going to raid.

Also, what's up with the flaming guys? =P This is a post asking advice, let's stop shitting all over it.

[erasser]

Focus on HP / AC / STA / Resist gear (for raids). CHA is barely used and overrated.

[MiRo2]

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

After spending some time on Seafury Island in OOT and Rathe Mtns, I must say that:

no, no I have not seen any "pro" bards.

I have seen plenty of "Heads up! Bard Faggotry INC from your left" in group chat.. But no, no "pro" bards.

Would be nice to just hand every one of them out a gold medal in beating the slowest FPS in gaming history and be done with it, but no, instead we have twink bards. Honestly, if there's 9 seafuries on the island, per se, and it takes you 30 minutes to kill 3, most of which time you spend running to other camps /yelling for help, just quit while you're behind, PLEASE. You're basically griefing spawns, picking the slowest possible way to level, and, in your own inept way, are fighting server-wide inflation by keeping seafuries alive as long as humanly possible and depriving the 57 million mages, druids and necros the chance to cash in on plat over in OOT.

As a bard who has kited seafuries in OoT, I can say
-I have yet to had to run to another group/person to ask for help
-I have yet to take longer than 7 minutes to kill any seafury
-I can kill two seafuries in the same time it would take me to kill one, three if I had Jboots or SoW.
-I may kill slower than a mage, druid, or necro in battle time, but my lack of downtime, allows me to kill more in an hour than 70% of the ones I encounter.

So why can't a level 50 bard be afforded the same opportunities at earning cash a mage/druid/necro has?

[Bubbles]

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

As a bard who has kited seafuries in OoT, I can say
-I have yet to had to run to another group/person to ask for help
-I have yet to take longer than 7 minutes to kill any seafury
-I can kill two seafuries in the same time it would take me to kill one, three if I had Jboots or SoW.
-I may kill slower than a mage, druid, or necro in battle time, but my lack of downtime, allows me to kill more in an hour than 70% of the ones I encounter.

So why can't a level 50 bard be afforded the same opportunities at earning cash a mage/druid/necro has?

I have no issues with a level 50 doing it at all. I wasn't speaking to you specifically. I'm not saying boot bards out of OOT and Rathe, etc. We're talking about the level 35 blueberries who twinked up their bard alt and head to high traffic areas to live out their fantasies.

I would like to apologize for one thing, i got my threads mixed up and thought this was in R&F, which was were my 2 cents belonged in the first place. So sorry for derailing a normal gen pop thread. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]