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What next for midlevel bard?
I've always loved grouping with bards, so I figured it was time to roll one and see how it feels to play one. I went with a dex/cha build (something like 170/130 with cheap EC gear) and a venomous axe of the velium brood, and although now I think going dex may have been a little suboptimal, the number of procs has made melee a lot of fun up until now.
I've been trying to explore a lot of zones and not just camp out in a single zone for too many levels, and have been to Crushbone, Oasis, Xorbb, Highpass Hold, Unrest, Mistmoore, and East Karana, alternating between grouping and soloing. Overall it's been a ton of fun; the clicking isn't too bad, and I've never played a toon that felt more like a "group daddy" than this guy. Being able to shift between dps, tank, heals, or cc depending on group needs is really nice. Even though I'm aware it's the fastest way to level, I have zero interest in swarming. I'm also uninterested in pulling for groups, as my ancient laptop is too laggy. I'm at level 32 now, and while I still plan to spend some time grouping in Mistmoore and hoping to win some Mistmoore Battle Drums, right now I'd really like to explore soloing some of the classic dungeons I haven't spent a lot time in, like SolA/B or Guk. Where should I go? I've been trying to find a good spot in Upper Guk, everything that was blue but too hard at 30 is now green at 32. I've been exploring from the Froglok Summoner room (#6 on the map) out to the zonelines to the dead side of LGuk, but I haven't found any good spots where I can pull two mobs to charm-kill. Where should I go at level 32 to solo dungeons? Right now I'm practicing charming on the gnolls outside Splitpaw, but I'd like to find something new. | ||
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Go inside splitpaw...can either find people there or may be able to grab 1-2 ppl using /who all to join ya, amazing zem.
Hopefully you got yourself a gypsy lute, because that will be by far your most used instrument in groups. There's nothing more important than that. Also bards are arguably the best pullers for xp groups...eventually you will find yourself in positions where your group needs it. May wanna drop some money and upgrade that laptop | ||
Last edited by Toxigen; 04-11-2024 at 08:53 AM..
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Often overlooked (which can be a great thing if you want to solo) is the basement in unrest, most people leave unrest at 30 and head to mistmoore but I find the mobs in the basement are easier and better exp than mistmoore and less people going for it so easier to get it to yourself for soloing. The mobs are also set in spawn points where you can easily grab them 2 at a time which is perfect for charm kiting and the charm strat really lowers the difficulty level by reducing the chance you take a nuke from a festering hag, the mob that will generally hurt you the most.
It also is technically an outdoor zone despite playing like a dungeon, so if things go south you can selos your train to zone out. Nearest bind point is Gfay at the BB zoneline, not the most ideal but no worse than mistmoore and there is technically a merchant in the middle of the Cauldron but I tended to go to BB to sell stuff so I could also bank as coin weight tends to be the bulk at this level. | ||
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I'd recommend buying white scales
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If so, you guys are fucked. On an unrelated matter, do we have a server billionaire yet? | |||
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I decided to pull up where I leveled my bard 32-46. The following is a count of "you gain (party )experience" messages by zone and level.
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level 32 total grouped solo zone name 152 109 43 all zones 137 108 29 Solusek's Eye 15 1 14 Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule level 33 total grouped solo zone name 119 88 31 all zones 107 88 19 Infected Paw 10 0 10 Southern Plains of Karana 2 0 2 Solusek's Eye level 34 total grouped solo zone name 190 148 42 all zones 134 93 41 Frontier Mountains 55 55 0 Trakanon's Teeth 1 0 1 Rathe Mountains level 35 total grouped solo zone name 286 252 34 all zones 70 70 0 Infected Paw 60 60 0 Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule 43 43 0 Ruins of Old Guk 41 41 0 Frontier Mountains 27 0 27 Rathe Mountains 19 19 0 Southern Plains of Karana 15 15 0 The Feerrott 6 0 6 Grobb 4 4 0 Guk 1 0 1 Oasis of Marr level 36 total grouped solo zone name 253 175 78 all zones 75 75 0 Grobb 70 70 0 Ruins of Old Guk 50 0 50 Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule 42 23 19 Iceclad Ocean 9 0 9 Oasis of Marr 4 4 0 Southern Plains of Karana 2 2 0 Guk 1 1 0 The Wakening Lands level 37 total grouped solo zone name 181 83 98 all zones 91 1 90 Iceclad Ocean 90 82 8 Tower of Frozen Shadow level 38 total grouped solo zone name 153 18 135 all zones 99 8 91 Iceclad Ocean 40 0 40 Crystal Caverns 14 10 4 Tower of Frozen Shadow level 39 total grouped solo zone name 235 104 131 all zones 136 104 32 Tower of Frozen Shadow 57 0 57 Iceclad Ocean 42 0 42 Crystal Caverns level 40 total grouped solo zone name 316 114 202 all zones 203 1 202 Crystal Caverns 113 113 0 Tower of Frozen Shadow level 41 total grouped solo zone name 120 0 120 all zones 76 0 76 Butcherblock Mountains 33 0 33 Great Divide 10 0 10 Crystal Caverns 1 0 1 Eastern Wastelands level 42 total grouped solo zone name 166 0 166 all zones 136 0 136 Nagafen's Lair 15 0 15 Castle Mistmoore 9 0 9 Kedge Keep 4 0 4 Kithicor Woods 2 0 2 Solusek's Eye level 43 total grouped solo zone name 157 19 138 all zones 157 19 138 Nagafen's Lair level 44 total grouped solo zone name 180 0 180 all zones 128 0 128 Temple of Droga 20 0 20 Oggok 12 0 12 Ruins of Old Guk 7 0 7 Nagafen's Lair 4 0 4 Grobb 3 0 3 Guk 3 0 3 Dreadlands 3 0 3 Mines of Nurga level 45 total grouped solo zone name 214 0 214 all zones 180 0 180 Temple of Droga 19 0 19 Kithicor Woods 8 0 8 Ruins of Old Guk 5 0 5 Nagafen's Lair 1 0 1 West Commonlands 1 0 1 Guk level 46 total grouped solo zone name 165 0 165 all zones 127 0 127 Temple of Droga 23 0 23 Nagafen's Lair 5 0 5 Kithicor Woods 5 0 5 Grobb 3 0 3 Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule 1 0 1 Southern Desert of Ro 1 0 1 Rathe Mountains The sola group at 32 was a bar camp duo with a shaman, a lot of fun. IIRC my sola soloing was starting at the zone line marked D and clearing towards #18 on the wiki map, but that might have been at level 30 instead of 32. Paw was a pretty big grouping zone earlier. Doubt there's many groups there anymore but there's some opportunity to solo. IIRC basically nothing sees invis. The entrance mobs are lower level than later mobs. Frontier Mountains at 34 was at the giant fort. Fun both grouping and solo, pulling in giants and charming. CT used to be popular grouping too. I assume those solo kills in 36 were gator alley charm killing. 37 in iceclad: the dervishes around TOFS is one of the easiest bard pbaoe camps available. Already slowing by 38 -- if you change your mind and decide to skip 32-38 instead of exploring this is the place to go. Feel free to ask about a specific zone and I'll try to remember it; maybe this list will give some ideas of places to try. | ||
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As a bard you can basically add any class and instantly have a much easier time charming in paw / CT / sola.
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One thing I've been trying to figure out is when it becomes more effective to DPS with a drum and dots as opposed to melee. At this point I've only got one drum chant, and although the 85DD proc on the venomous axe is starting to fade in efficacy it still seems to be pretty good damage. Relatedly, I'm also struggling to figure out how to efficiently finish off a charm fight. I've been trying to mez one while meleeing the other, but it's hard to juggle everything and I get hit more than I'd like. It's working for now, but I know I'll need to tighten up my technique at higher levels. It certainly feels harder than charming on my druid felt. | ||||||
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What HP % do the mobs have remaining when you break charm?
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