Game Mechanics: Bard Songs

[Haynar]

I am working on some bard stuff again.

Pulse based mana song. No icon, on players and bard? Does it play non-stop?

Bard Charm - Should it basically require recast every 3 ticks? Does it have to break, before landing again, or can recasting extend the duration to 3 ticks again? Basically, a non-repeating song? I am guessing here.

I need to know if they should work like songs, or like spells? Or a combination? I am confused on how these should work.

I have my own interpretation of how a pulse based mana song should work, functional. But I don't know how it should be. My version, puts a buff icon on the bard. Everyone else, it has no icon, and gives mana regen on the pulse. Bard can start singing, and it goes on and on. You could have 3 bards going, and it would pulse on others in the group 3 times. It stacks with other mana regen spells.

I am trying to have this working right, before I nerf all mana regen on bards. Which I have coded too.

Haynar