Help with starting a bard

[Dr4z3r]

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

-What's the best starting city?
-Does deity matter?

I am completely un-twinked (my "main" at the moment is a level 3 iksar necro), so,
- what's the best way to equip myself for kiting?
- and for grouping?
- Where can you get instruments? I know that in Live you go to Freeport to buy some basic ones but how does it work here? Any recommendations?

How does bard pulling work in classic EQ? Is it "just" lull pulling or are there other tricks to it?

I've read this forum and it looks like str/sta are the stats to improve. Anything else?

Thanks a lot!

-Kelethin, if you're starting from scratch. Lots of other people doing the same thing, lots of fun!
-Agnostic is the safest choice; all deity really does in classic is make certain factions more or less likely to kill you on sight. Unfortunately, it's heavily skewed toward more things killing you for having any deity, rather than being agnostic. That said, following Veeshan is pretty unique and, if you're careful, can have interesting consequences in Kunark raiding.

- The only equipment you need for kiting is a vendor lute and a vendor drum. Work on buying a suit of banded to help with the occasional hit you'll take.
- For grouping, banded is all you'll need until the late 20's to survive pulling, and whatever weapon(s) you can get with the best ratio are the other things you'll need. A Polished Granite Tomahawk will be good for carrying you through at least until you can Dual-Wield
- Any Bard guild will have all the instruments you need. At higher levels (35+) you may notice enough of a difference to upgrade to the lute & drums that drop in Mistmoore (priority to drums).
- Until higher levels (50+), you'll just use lull, mezz, snare, and (when outdoors) Selo's.

There's an awful lot to be said about your starting stats. 12 years on and there's still no clear answer as to what stats a bard should be using, but rest assured that any combination of STR/STA/DEX/CHA is fine, even if it's not perfect.

[Doktoor]

You'll also need a horn for Denon's once you get to that level, but gear doesnt matter much either way because if you get hit, you die if you're kiting enough mobs.

You do want to get 5 ac 55 HP rings as your first purchases and a MM drum.

Next you'll want to buy decent weapons because a) you dont want to kite all the way to 60 or you'll have no skills and b) AE kiting gets old and you'll want to take a break and get a group here and there.

[Slave]

100% Agnostic

Originally Posted by Dr4z3r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

any combination of STA/DEX/CHA is fine

Fixed!

[Doktoor]

Yeah, you really wanna go agnostic because it allows you to get a DE mask and then bank in Neriak, OT, etc.

[Ennoia]

Does Veeshan faction affect Velious dragon faction? I only worshipped Inny on live.

[Doktoor]

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

Does Veeshan faction affect Velious dragon faction? I only worshipped Inny on live.

Dont know for sure, but I remember reading about someone whining on live that worshiping veeshan all those years ended up gaining them nothing.

Also, I had a Mithaniel Marr worshiping char on live; he and both his planes were KoS.

[Dentalplan]

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

Does Veeshan faction affect Velious dragon faction? I only worshipped Inny on live.

I was under the impression that Veeshan-worshipping bards started at dubious faction in Skyshrine, while every other race/class/deity combo begins kos there. Could be wrong about that though.

[neverquest]

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

100% Agnostic



Fixed!

[Nytewind TP]

and yes the Gnoll Teeth Quest in BB/Qeynos gives some nice exp indeed.