Bard Instrument issue?

[geniusi]

Hello all,

New player leveling a bard. I'm currently level 14 and have been following some guides, and they all say at lvl 8 when you get stringed instruments, that having one equipped will double the damage of my lvl 2 DoT. However when I equip a stringed instrument my DoTs do the same damage. I skilled up my strings skill to max for my level so I don't think that's the problem. When I equip a drum, my Selo's is noticeably faster. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[pijan]

What instrument and song are you using?

[Legidias]

seems like chords of dissonance. I would assume its a basic lute.

At lvl 14,I would imagine it would do around 4 or 5 dmg per tick singing, so around 8 - 10 dmg with instrument.

Instrument skills only help you with missed notes and not really instrument effectiveness (as long as you have 1 point to 'unlock'instrument use).

[pijan]

Make sure you are using a string instrument. Vendors sell something that looks like a lute but isn't. Also try using the song without it equipped and see how much it does. Song may just do less damage than you expect.

[geniusi]

Hey guys, thanks for the help. I got with a RL friend and he was able to help me out. Turns out I was using an instrument with a modifier of 10, the "Fine Lute Tuners" which is apparently just there for skillups, a gag instrument to send noobs to the forums, or like Legidias said, maybe to help you miss fewer notes. At any rate, I was able to resolve the issue. Thanks again for your help!

[Swish2]

If anyone else is reading this, get yourselves a Lute of the Gypsy Princess asap (either cheap in EC or from grouping at Mistmoore Castle Entrance)