Bards - CHA and DEX

[Kekephee]

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

If this is true I know way to many bards, myself included who AFK'd for hours on end to keep up anything we weren't using in kites. But from personal experience I dont believe it to be so. After kiting up to 46 and getting an invite to CoM, I missed notes about 15 times in a row on the mez because my wind skill wasn't leveled. Even when I did the AFK level on Invis song it took awhile to get it going.

Yeah. I'm hesitant to offer anecdotal evidence as solid proof of any game mechanics without numbers, but my experience was absolutely that when I would get new instrument skills (such as brass) higher-level songs using them would miss notes frequently, and as my skill leveled that frequency would go down. That's exactly how spell fizzles work, and I'd be absolutely amazed if this "instrument skill doesn't affect missed notes" theory turned out to be right. But, again, anecdotal evidence, no numbers, real possibility I'm talking out of my ass.