Bard Guide for p99. part 1

[Hmotzart]

WARNING
DO NOT USE MACROS IN GROUP!

Reason being is a pause macro will lock you into all the pause in that single macro.

So if you have
/cast1
/pause 50
/cast2
/pause 50
/cast 3

You will not be able to start another song for 10 seconds and if you have to stop to mezz you have to wait 20 PLUS seconds and 20 seconds can kill a caster that has aggro. Reason 20 seconds plus is because of the interrupt global cooldown and song cast aswell. Also if you miss a note on your first song you got to wait for the restof the macro to work its magic and not just be able to restart the song that missed a note.

The best macros are the single tap macros for bards.

/stopsong
/cast1-8

This is the only macro I myself use for groups so it cuts out having go double tap no more 1 1, 2 2, 3 3, 4 4 and sometimes 5 5. (if server lag is not bad that day) All you do is hit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

My my rythm is FIGHT> 1, 2, 3, 4, - 1, 2, 3, 4,- 1, 2, 3, 4- DOWNTIME> 5, 6, 7,- 5, 6, 7,- 5, 6, 7,, MEZZ> target mezzmob 8, target fightmob 1, 2, target mezzmob 8 target fightmob 1, 2

I also recolor the background of my cast bar to a BRIGHT color so my attention can be on other things and see cast bar out of the corner of the eye to maximize twist and get that 5th song off.

Nothing on my hotkey bar is a spell gem so there is no accidental unmem.

Barding is by far the most active job in game. If you find yourself bored of other classes and think the game is slow paced, go with bard. We do not stop working even on downtime, better bards will be twisting 3 songs.

I always pray for the group to say MANA SONG cause manasong is not a mana regen it is a small mana heal and is only really usefull if sang nonstop. (untill 55 when bards get there mana regen then a twist is in order for mana.
Mana song gives my fingers a break. YAY