Bard Guide for p99. part 1

[nichomachean]

Bandit sisters south of PoD lift are another good option for kiting. There are 3 of them, and on a faction that's basically useless, with no wanderers.

[tcepma]

Good ideas, I'll try those places out, thanks.

[kazroth]

I started a Bard myself, I was doing some reading and read about this /melody command designed to save Bard wrists worldwide. Is this implemented in game? If so, how do you use it?

[Paumad]

newp, carpal tunnel for you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[nichomachean]

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

I started a Bard myself, I was doing some reading and read about this /melody command designed to save Bard wrists worldwide. Is this implemented in game? If so, how do you use it?

Melody was implemented in GoD, I believe, and thus is not active on this server. Best you can do it single tap cast macros, or kite macros, which I wouldn't recommend using in a group.

[kazroth]

Dear god, could the server developers find it in their heart to implement this command? Lol!! It works in game to some extent after a bit of testing, but it appears to only start the first song in the queue.

[Flunklesnarkin]

When / If i get around to bard i wouldn't want to be button mashing.


I'd tie 3 songs to one button.

/cast 1
/pause 50
(5 seconds or however long it takes to cast spell and reach cool down.. can play with that to maximize efficiency)
/cast 2
/pause 50
/cast 3

limited to 3 songs on eq using the built in macros

so guess you'd have to button mash a second key.. but that would be a lot better than carpal tunnel imo.

[nichomachean]

Only problem with macros in group situation is if you get an "Oh shit!" moment that requires you to change songs immediately.

[Flunklesnarkin]

yah would have to keep that in mind and probably have a couple of different macro keys

like label one key haste / atk set


or another mana / regen set

[Hmotzart]

WARNING
DO NOT USE MACROS IN GROUP!

Reason being is a pause macro will lock you into all the pause in that single macro.

So if you have
/cast1
/pause 50
/cast2
/pause 50
/cast 3

You will not be able to start another song for 10 seconds and if you have to stop to mezz you have to wait 20 PLUS seconds and 20 seconds can kill a caster that has aggro. Reason 20 seconds plus is because of the interrupt global cooldown and song cast aswell. Also if you miss a note on your first song you got to wait for the restof the macro to work its magic and not just be able to restart the song that missed a note.

The best macros are the single tap macros for bards.

/stopsong
/cast1-8

This is the only macro I myself use for groups so it cuts out having go double tap no more 1 1, 2 2, 3 3, 4 4 and sometimes 5 5. (if server lag is not bad that day) All you do is hit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

My my rythm is FIGHT> 1, 2, 3, 4, - 1, 2, 3, 4,- 1, 2, 3, 4- DOWNTIME> 5, 6, 7,- 5, 6, 7,- 5, 6, 7,, MEZZ> target mezzmob 8, target fightmob 1, 2, target mezzmob 8 target fightmob 1, 2

I also recolor the background of my cast bar to a BRIGHT color so my attention can be on other things and see cast bar out of the corner of the eye to maximize twist and get that 5th song off.

Nothing on my hotkey bar is a spell gem so there is no accidental unmem.

Barding is by far the most active job in game. If you find yourself bored of other classes and think the game is slow paced, go with bard. We do not stop working even on downtime, better bards will be twisting 3 songs.

I always pray for the group to say MANA SONG cause manasong is not a mana regen it is a small mana heal and is only really usefull if sang nonstop. (untill 55 when bards get there mana regen then a twist is in order for mana.
Mana song gives my fingers a break. YAY