Bard Melee and Instrument Swapping?

[sacman08]

Originally Posted by Logansrun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Looking for some advice as a newbie bard.

When grouping, should I be melee-ing or just twisting songs with instruments?

A follow-up question being, what is the most effective way to swap your weapons/instruments on the fly?

In a six man group, you’ll always end up meleeing: either as a tank or as support melee to the main tank. Why? We get a lot of tank abilities so we should melee because we are built that way. At the same time you’ll be asked to twist songs as needed too. To be honest Bard is the most busy class I have ever played. I rarely talk to the group with my bard because I use one hand to twist songs, the other to move around or click with the mouse. You’ll need to hot button your songs or get use to alt -# them. Hot key assists and targeting next NPC too.
As for swapping, get a Bard UI from eqinterface, it needs to be OOW compatible. It will have open slots for you primary/secondary so you can swap with mouse clicks without needing to open your inventory.