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Bard Mechanic Questions
First time ever playing a Bard, and I'm having a blast sticking to dungeons and grouping. I'm up to 34 and have enjoyed learning how to pull, mez, charm, and even tank at times. I've encountered quite a few questions about how Bards work, and I'd like to ask the forums rather than subject my groups to cruel prolonged experimentation.
If you have any answers to any of these numerous questions, I'd be very thankful!
Long list, but a lot to learn! Thank you for any info as I work towards being a better Bard.
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[59 Troubadour] Saisu (Wood Elf)
[40 Paladin] Jharu (Erudite) | ||
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1. Spell did not take hold is either because Hymn was also playing, and it won't stack with Hymn, or because someone(s) in the group had a full buff bar. You can have up to 15 buffs, and if you attempt to apply another, that's the message you get.
2. No 3. Bards don't benefit from their own mana song, or any mana regen enhancement, other than sitting; 2 mana per tick as opposed to 1 standing. Pulsing simply refers to hitting the key every time you can, vs leaving it on auto pilot where it "ticks" every 6 seconds. The Chorus line is all pulse based; i.e., your group benefits more from pulse than simply letting it tick on auto pilot. 4. Selo's Consonant will not overwrite shammy slow. It's great to stop runners and to get aggro. If you DON'T want aggro, don't cast this until the mob is about to flee. 5. The last mez cast is the one that wins, and cancels previous mezzes. So if you mez a mob after a chanter has, it's going to break soon, unless you keep refreshing or the chanter re-mezzes. If a mob is hitting your chanter, feel free to mez it, but be sure the chanter knows, either because you've discussed in advance, or you have a macro that let's the group know you've mezzed a mob. 6. Nah....wind instrument does exactly nothing for mez, at least that I've seen. 7. Level up all instrument skills so you don't have to worry :> 8. Charms are fairly consistent in duration; I suspect level affects charm much more than charisma. The instrument, again, has no discernible effect. My charisma has fluctuated between 120 and 170, and I don't go to great lengths to buff it. I don't believe it has a sizeable effect on charm. 9. No discernible effect on fizzles. | ||
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Meaning, if I'm on my ENC, the 24 second mez's (both single and AE) will overwrite Entrance, Dazzle, etc. Entrance/Dazzle/etc will not overwrite mezmerize or mezmirization. Since bards have an 18 seconds mez, they pretty much overwrite all enchanter mez's and none of the ENC mez's can overwrite bard mez. | |||
Last edited by Daud; 04-16-2018 at 11:31 AM..
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You may be correct, but I've never noticed it. | |||
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Last edited by Daud; 04-16-2018 at 11:37 AM..
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Thanks Terrel for hitting all my questions, I definitely learned a lot.
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[40 Paladin] Jharu (Erudite) | |||
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Daud is correct. Bard mez will overwrite any Enchanter mez in the game, since Enchanter's shortest duration mez is 24 seconds. Like he said, shortest duration mez always takes hold it doesn't matter what order they were casted
I agreee with Terrel on everything else. I'm a subscriber to the idea that Charisma has a very minimal impact on bard Charm landing, and it has 0 impact on the duration since it's fixed. It does matter for Lull's, but just get a Kobold Jesters Crown (+30CHA) when you can afford it, and maybe a few cheap high CHA items (Gypsy medallion, +7cha bracers, Neriad Shawl if you ever get a chance to loot one for free) and swap them in before you lull. Don't be the bard running around wearing Opalline earrings all the time. Bard songs "fizzle" so little that stacking DEX for anything besides proccing is dumb. Even when you do fizzle it's inconsequential, it doesn't cost any mana or anything. Once you get to level 47, or 50 and can click a Breath of Harmony, Niv's Melody of Preservation will stack with Cantana so you can have two heal songs going. It's a Stringed song, so using the Breath of Harmony clicky will heal less than playing the actual song with an instrument. | ||
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[59 Troubadour] Saisu (Wood Elf)
[40 Paladin] Jharu (Erudite) | |||
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