Possibly coming back to EQ after may years, Need advice.

[Hiragawa]

Originally Posted by itzmatt86 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I saw a post about spells for the bard, the faction song. Even without the modifier from instruments, does it still trump the enchanter one? Just looking at raw numbers it does, though i know illusions can make a big difference too.

Agnostic Enchanter + Illusion + Spell = Winner

Agnostic Bard + Masks + Faction Song = Winner

Either way, they balance out to about the same. The difference is, while bards have a bigger modifier on the song (At the high end of course), they also have to farm the masks.

EDIT: Plus, you have to consider there are just certain Illusions that may never be feasible for the Bard. Gnome for instance: Drops from the Sleeper warders, so once she's awoken, they don't drop anymore. (Of course, this involves some guild actually waking her up...) Some of the other masks are super rare/a pain to farm. So take it as you will. But at the end of the day, Spell vs Song, both are going to get things done in just about the same manner, with perhaps the edge out to a high level bard given sneak/hide abilities and such.

[itzmatt86]

Do illusion spells drop when zoning? I do not remember when it was changed so they do not.

[Hiragawa]

Originally Posted by itzmatt86 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do illusion spells drop when zoning? I do not remember when it was changed so they do not.

Yes they do.