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Old 06-29-2015, 10:13 PM
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Default Bard cloak question - opinions wanted

Overall gear for my level is moderately poor - limited planar gear. Have best weapons available that can be bought and dragonborn sash. Otherwise it's the basic ac/hp JC rings and hp/mana ears - mix of lambent with 2 pieces of imbrued and hero bracer/SS bracer.

In not having much planar gear, my dexterity isn't great. It's over 100, but I'd prefer it to be a bit higher to minimize missed notes. My options for cloak (currently naked) are Hooded Black Cloak vs Cloak of Shadows.

5str 45hp vs the dex on the Shadows cloak? If I had higher unbuffed dex (ie a fat bank roll to buy cultural with) it would be no contest HBC.

Which would you choose?
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Old 06-29-2015, 10:14 PM
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How important is dex to you?

Shouldn't be as important as HP.
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Old 06-29-2015, 10:20 PM
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How important is dex to you?

Shouldn't be as important as HP.
That's my dilemma :P

I suppose I could just go for the hp cloak and look for dex options elsewhere ... since there's not a ton of slots to buy that have raw hp on them at my budget level.
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Old 06-29-2015, 11:11 PM
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I'd recommend seahorse scale cloak for the resists. It also has some dex.
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Old 06-30-2015, 04:44 AM
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I made a list of Bard Gearing options - to start with I got all the DEX/CHA jewelry options and started to replace these with other items as I got some big DEX/CHA items in other slots - highly recommend treeweave; as STR is important to melee dps output and carrying capacity - All the items have an EffectiveWeight (WT-STR) column because when I got geared out with full banded by my guild I had no weight capacity left - so I wanted items to increase STR or decrease WT (or both) per slot. I think at the moment I'm sitting at 90/120.
I got a pair of AC5/HP55 rings, but I keep those in a bag for those instances that I'm Tanking most of the time I'm running around with a pair of DEX5/CHA7 rings.

On live (2000-2002), I was told go for stats STR/DEX/CHA/MR until they were at 200 unbuffed, and then start swapping out for AC/HP so that's been my strategy here.

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Old 06-30-2015, 04:49 AM
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Dex is like the anti-fizzle Stat for bards. Cloak of Shadows has a lot of it...

I see the delema but I would go COS. Not that many items with so much dex. However, hp's are obtainable relatively easy in other slots.
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Old 06-30-2015, 10:38 AM
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Dex is like the anti-fizzle Stat for bards. Cloak of Shadows has a lot of it...

I see the delema but I would go COS. Not that many items with so much dex. However, hp's are obtainable relatively easy in other slots.
Great advise, I agree also. Bards are not suppose to get hit. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Not really going to Tank anything over level 15 anyhow. Just go with 55hp rings and a few other HP slots and go with the CoS. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Bards are not suppose to get hit.
AoEs hit everybody. That's why HP/Resists are king.
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Old 06-30-2015, 11:11 AM
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Great advise, I agree also. Bards are not suppose to get hit. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Not really going to Tank anything over level 15 anyhow. Just go with 55hp rings and a few other HP slots and go with the CoS. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Do not listen to this person. He is WRONG. I tank in sebilis and the hole on my bard. It's awesome. You can do it too.

Don't be this guy.
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Do not listen to this person. He is WRONG. I tank in sebilis and the hole on my bard. It's awesome. You can do it too.

Don't be this guy.
Yeah I know ...

So HBC or dex cloak??
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