Bard Duo Options?

[Legidias]

Just snare aggro + haste + dmg. We did end up doing a fear kite when an epic'd mage buddy joined us. We could just pull the dogs near moat, snare / fear, and they'd be dead before getting across the courtyard. (Feared mobs in that spot will try to run towards the bridge)

[MikeXG]

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

Just snare aggro + haste + dmg. We did end up doing a fear kite when an epic'd mage buddy joined us. We could just pull the dogs near moat, snare / fear, and they'd be dead before getting across the courtyard. (Feared mobs in that spot will try to run towards the bridge)

ohh good to know - Thanks

Can you pull mobs safely from the moat when you are there, or no?

[Legidias]

Usually can get single with lull. The good thing is, since none of those mobs there cast, you could grab like 5 even and just keep aggro on them running around while rogue picks them off single.

[Videri]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does green still have the XP penalty? Not sure I can stand an ~88% exp penalty or whatever we'd be hit with by playing two hybrids.

Luckily, that's not how it works. I don't have time to type up an explanation now, but you can look into it on the Wiki. There's a good article there. Basically, you should average those percentages, not add them. And it's not so much a 40% penalty as it is requiring 40% more. It's an exp appetite.

[Kich867]

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

Luckily, that's not how it works. I don't have time to type up an explanation now, but you can look into it on the Wiki. There's a good article there. Basically, you should average those percentages, not add them. And it's not so much a 40% penalty as it is requiring 40% more. It's an exp appetite.

ah true, if we both need 40% more xp to level, the mob still gives the same amount of XP, it would just take us 40% more mobs since we'd be splitting XP evenly at that point right?

[kjs86z]

enchanter
necro
druid
shaman

those are his 4 choices

[Keebz]

Originally Posted by kjs86z [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

enchanter
necro
druid
shaman

those are his 4 choices

I'm guessing the druid strat is just charming, but what about the shaman strat? Shaman seems kinda meh. Like where does the DPS come from? Dots?

[Legidias]

Dot both mobs, bard charm em on each other.

[Crede]

Bard/mage will have way more synergy than bard shaman. Sit back and pump mage mana/slow/dots while pet does the work and cc/nuke as needed.

[Videri]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ah true, if we both need 40% more xp to level, the mob still gives the same amount of XP, it would just take us 40% more mobs since we'd be splitting XP evenly at that point right?

40% more mobs than it would take a group consisting of 2 priest classes, yes.

Exactly the same number of mobs per paladin as it would take for two paladins to solo separately. The pie would be the same size and would be shared equally.

Please forgive my pedantry, for I believe a lot of people out in Norrath misunderstand the exp "penalty" (I call it an increased exp appetite) and reject perfectly good groupmates. It's like a superstition. I think we should take every chance we get to spread the word.