Blam Stick on Bard

[Bardp1999]

This was the defacto twink gear on Blue for a long while. Im sure Velious has some slightly better options, but this is what I would still recomend

https://wiki.project1999.com/Breath_of_Harmony
https://wiki.project1999.com/Crystalline_Short_Sword

[Samoht]

Hay, so...

You need to consider damage bonus when calculating ratio for your main hand weapon. Faster weapons will inherently have higher DPS when you consider that they are applying the damage bonus more frequently than slower weapons.

Use this calculation for determining ratio for your main hand weapon:

(Weapon Damage + Damage Bonus for your Level) / Weapon Delay

Suddenly the Blam Stick doesn't perform as well as you thought it did.

[remen]

For the best bard weapon outside ToV get https://wiki.project1999.com/Nature%27s_Melody

It has a great ratio and proc, and the rest of the stats aren't half bad

[busted]

Hey thanks for the tip Samoht!

How do you determine the "Damage Bonus for your Level" part?

Thanks.

Also remen, nice troll lol

[bobjonesp99]

at 60 its 11.

for damage calculations its more complicated than simply taking ( weapon damage + damage bonus ) / delay.

if you want a simple formula to compare weapons potential dps, consider ( weapon damage x 2 + damage bonus) / delay to compare the benefit of 1h weapons in the primary slot.... for the secondary you don't get the damage bonus.

in reality, it also depends on your attack rating, strength, level, combat skill levels, and the targets AC/level/etc and is really convoluted.

[sideshow]

I leveled my bard through melee only up to 48 so far. It has been fun. Still don't know how to swarm and don't really care too. I use Di'zok Wristsnapper (10/18) MH and Guardians Mace (12/24) OH at the moment. Given the handicap us bards have in the melee game I can put out some decent dmg. I'm able to twist 5 songs, 2 being dots, a str/atk/atk buff, a decrease atk/movement speed and fear/whatever.
Bards have so much utility it's unreal. Definitely one of my favorite toons to play.

[Crede]

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

I leveled my bard through melee only up to 48 so far. It has been fun. Still don't know how to swarm and don't really care too. I use Di'zok Wristsnapper (10/18) MH and Guardians Mace (12/24) OH at the moment. Given the handicap us bards have in the melee game I can put out some decent dmg. I'm able to twist 5 songs, 2 being dots, a str/atk/atk buff, a decrease atk/movement speed and fear/whatever.
Bards have so much utility it's unreal. Definitely one of my favorite toons to play.

Bard melee falls off hard in the 50s. If you can manage to get epic though I’d be curious what numbers a bard could put up with a good primary while using all 3 chant dots and their final lvl 60 dot

[Allishia]

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

I leveled my bard through melee only up to 48 so far. It has been fun. Still don't know how to swarm and don't really care too. I use Di'zok Wristsnapper (10/18) MH and Guardians Mace (12/24) OH at the moment. Given the handicap us bards have in the melee game I can put out some decent dmg. I'm able to twist 5 songs, 2 being dots, a str/atk/atk buff, a decrease atk/movement speed and fear/whatever.
Bards have so much utility it's unreal. Definitely one of my favorite toons to play.

Here you go on swarming, I'm a newb and I can do it lol.

https://youtu.be/E76wrLoNclU

[busted]

Its (blam stick) is pretty good. Especially on lower lvl mobs

Smashing something for 178 feels pretty good.

[Troxx]

Not with melee they can’t