I'm not clear on what you're trying to say, Troxx ;>
Let's post a hypothetical or two:
Scenario 1:
You're a 60 bard with epic in a melee heavy group; you have a 21 lute and a 23 horn. You can melee or instrument, and in the group you're in, you're twisting Cantana, Niv's Melody of Preservation, McVaxius Rousing Rondo (MRR), and Psalm of Warmth. For the sake of argument, you have a chanter who is doing the cc, so no worries about that.
With the appropriate instruments swapped in you're, providing 44 points of regen for everyone, str buff of 44 points, about 82 attack, 31 points of damage shield, 70 CR, 6 AC, and mana regen of 12.
With epic, you're providing 37 regen, str buff of 37 points, 64 attack, 27 points of DS, while the CR, AC, and mana regen remain the same. Your dps is about 18.
Double check my math, but it looks like you're trading 7 health regen (1 hps, roughly), 7 str points, 18 attack points, and 4 points of damage shield for 18 dps. So the question becomes, which of the two is more valuable to the group?
Interested in everyone's thoughts.
Scenario 2:
Raid group, melee types. You're there for resists and buffs, so you twist the appropriate resist songs, MRR, maybe Composition of Erjav. Group's resists are maxed at 255 whether you use epic or instrument. Might as well melee in that scenario, no? Your 18 dps is going towards downing the raid mob that much quicker without much tradeoff.
Again, interested in thoughts, agree or disagree.
Thansk!
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