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Creating macro's that let you twist songs with 1 button press instead of 2. That can be easily done by: /stop /cast 1 - 8 Also I would like to add by keeping songs you know you're going to twist frequently in the 1,2,3,4 spell gem slots. I also devised another way of organizing songs on the spell bar. My macro's for pushing 1,2,3,4 were spells located in 5,6,7,8 slots but I kept them in the hotbar 1,2,3,4 slots. This way I could alt cast and keep all my buttons like this without having to stretch to push 5,6,7,8. For example: Hotbar 1 = Anthem De Arms (spell gem slot #5) 2 = Hymn of Restoration (#6) 3 = Jonthan's Whistling Warsong (#7) 4 = Kelin's Lucid Lullaby (#8) (1) alt + 1 = Selo's Accelerando (2) alt + 2 = Kelin's Lugubrious Lament (3) alt + 3 = Guardian Rhythms (4) alt + 4 = Shauri's Sonorous Clouding (5) Anthem De Arms (6) Hymn of Restoration (7) Jonthan's Whistling Warsong (8) Kelin's Lucid Lullaby For the alt + # songs you have to hit them twice... but to me it is better than stretching to hit 5,6,7,8 once. This also creates less macro's on the hotbar if that matters. Hope this makes sense. | ||
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So I am doing the same thing. I however AE'd the 35 hell level, and am looking to AE 45 as well when I get there.
Bards are a lot of fun in groups when there is no enchanter, and definitely wanted in that case. When a group has an enchanter, which happens pretty frequently, you might not be in high demand, and find yourself doing sub par DPS. But you do bring awesome buffs. If the group has no enchanter or shaman, you're king. I haven't received any tells asking me if I want to group like I have on tanks or clerics in the past. I will say, that if you want to group with a bard in the hot spots like Mistmoore and City of Mist, you should definitely have an alt, because you might be waiting for a while to get into a group. I'm personally leveling a druid to stick into Dial a Port eventually. | ||
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1-8 for me macros are: /stopsong /cast # 9 is Breath of harmony click 0 is just a simple /stopsong To be honest, the only time I developed wrist pain or hand fatigue was prior to level 42 when i was holding my hand/wrist at awkward angles strafe running and aoe dotting things dead. For general play purposes, you're doing any standard movements and clicking a button every 3 seconds. When you compare that to playing almost ANY class on live EQ (in the modern era with dozens or a hundred or more discs, abilities, aa's and cooldowns) that is a lot fewer keystrokes per unit time. Once you have intelligent hotkeys set up, playing a bard on p99 shouldn't give you carpal tunnel syndrome. Quote:
Bards will get more xp solo than duo if they know what to do and where to do it. Duoing does open up a lot more areas, and they duo well with most all other classes. Quote:
It really is a great class. Most bards I've grouped with on other characters are adequate and round out a group nicely. Every now and then I'll group with a really good one and it just makes all groups that much better and more efficient.
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Last edited by Troxx; 02-29-2016 at 03:05 PM..
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You can fit into just about any group and fill a variety of niches: pulling, mana/hp battery, haste, dot's, mez, charms, tanking until 50+, etc etc. If there isn't an enchanter or a monk around, you can fill the niche. use that to your advantage when you're lfg. You will never be efficient with soloing, but you can duo pretty well with some classes. For instance, rogues can't solo either, but a bard can quickly pull in an outdoor zone and fear kite a mob while the rogue quickly kills it with backstabs. Good way to exp while you're waiting for people and filling groups, but you should always try to group when possible. Might be a little bit better of a strategy on red than blue, because you can be fear kiting while finding a group with the global chat channel that blue doesn't have. | |||
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Not true at all. Even outside of swarming very few if any classes can solo faster than a charming bard.
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That being said, grouping can be challenging/fun in its own way. I recently revisited KC and felt like a true lord of the dance in a group without a chanter/shammie. Sure there was manasong twisted in there (when a group asks you over for manasong and nothing else it gets really boring), but I got to do everything else too (haste, str/dex, slow/snare, regens, charm/mezz). I almost managed to keep everyone alive the entire time too (thanks to clutch roots by my groupmates), but hands train much too strong. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Last edited by TeemoOfAstora; 03-02-2016 at 08:07 AM..
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