"Because the only thing that allowed this was the Bard Epic."
Just because the bard epic had mods for all instruments + singing, does not mean that the classic mechanic for instrument juggling didn't exist. You could just as easily say that the epic was epic because 1. you didn't really have juggle anymore, and 2. singing mod, which was not obtainable ingame anywhere else. I vividly remember these two points of why the epic was so important for the bard.
I've already given excerpts from guides from that era that clearly state juggling instruments on this server is working as intended or at least very close to.
Since all the songs tick at the same time, and obviously you could only have one instrument equipped at a time, then only one song would get modded. Why even bother changing them out when you cast it then? This was standard practice for any bard that didn't suck/was lazy.
If it didn't work in this fashion, then literally thousands of bards were doing it for absolutely zero benefit for years when it would have been EASILY observable that it was a waste of time and effort.
That, to me, makes even less sense.
As far as how it' working on this server, I'm uploading the video's to Youtube right now, but it's gonna take a while. I'm not going to do each individual song, I've already tried almost of them, and they all act the same way. Guard Reskin was kind enough to volunteer.
Instrument equipped when song FINISHES INITIAL CASTING (not when you start casting, not when the song first ticks - the only thing that matters is when the instant when the casting bar timer runs out. If you miss that moment, the below situation applies in the next paragraph) = full mod forever more, until you stop singing that song for whatever reason. However, even if you stop casting and sing something else, the 2nd and 3rd ticks will still carry the full mod until the song runs out.
If no mod is equipped when the song FINISHES IT'S INITIAL CASTING = mods will only check on active ticks for that tick.
Again, if it the mod didn't hold from the initial casting, juggling instruments would be completely pointless, the guides on the wayback machine to which I quoted are completely wrong, and everyone was wrong about what was quite easy to see right in front of them for years.
If there is other EVIDENCE to the contrary of how the mechanics worked, post it. Not "but that doesn't make sense!". That isn't evidence, that's an opinion.
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