Bard Help

[larper99]

So, my experiment last night:

I switched key bindings so that QWERTYUI are my spell gems, with WERT being the major ones. Now 1-6 are true actions, plus a macroed SELO just so it is always available in emergencies.

Results:
1) I will have to retrain some habits (like I is no longer inventory)
2) Double clicking is no faster than /stopsong.
3) Now, a missed note renders double-clicking more problematic than /stopsong, since continuing to double click without realizing that you are no longer singing means you continuously interrupt your own cast. So, you have to be highly aware of the state of your spell gems and single click when appropriate.

But, it is sure nice to have hotbar buttons back.

What I would really like to try is find 8 different characters that can be rearranged into various words. That way, various twists can be remembered as different words, and twisting would simply become typing. But for now, QWERTYUI works well.

Actually, I just thought of something. It uses up a precious HotBar button, but.... What if I made a macro that was ONLY /stopsong? Now the double-click/single click issue goes away. Since /stopsong is demonstrably NOT slower than double clicking, it only is left to demonstrate that a macroed /stopsong plus s single click gem is no slower than double clicking... Gotta try this.

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Actually, I just thought of something. It uses up a precious HotBar button, but.... What if I made a macro that was ONLY /stopsong? Now the double-click/single click issue goes away. Since /stopsong is demonstrably NOT slower than double clicking, it only is left to demonstrate that a macroed /stopsong plus s single click gem is no slower than double clicking... Gotta try this.

This is similar to how some casters, especially enchanters, use clickies like spyglass to circumvent the spell global cool down (which bards don’t have) to cast two different spells faster like a stun then immediately start casting mez/charm instead of having to wait a couple seconds. You can make a clickie hotkey and just press the hotkey keybind to activate it right after your spell goes off, then the other spell gems are ready.

With bard or enchanter, seconds can really matter when it comes to CC at higher levels so use whatever is faster for you.