Our songs..

[Mat]

I'm only 21 so far, but I'm kind of disappointed. All my buffs are pure crap IMO. 2 mana regen that draws massive aggro? yippie5% haste that doesn't effect combat moves? yaySongsters luck? I don't even know what this does.Rousing tune is nice, but from what I've seen upgrading it gives minimal returns.Not to mention some of these take 2 concentration slots which is way to many for the small return. =/I just want to know if it gets better when I get higher level. I was hoping it would be more like an eq1 bard, but it just seems like I'm a rogue with song notes instead of poison.. =(

[Not_The_Leaf]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Matt5 wrote:<BR>I'm only 21 so far, but I'm kind of disappointed. All my buffs are pure crap IMO. <BR><BR>2 mana regen that draws massive aggro? yippie<BR>5% haste that doesn't effect combat moves? yay<BR>Songsters luck? I don't even know what this does.<BR>Rousing tune is nice, but from what I've seen upgrading it gives minimal returns.<BR>Not to mention some of these take 2 concentration slots which is way to many for the small return. =/<BR><BR>I just want to know if it gets better when I get higher level. I was hoping it would be more like an eq1 bard, but it just seems like I'm a rogue with song notes instead of poison.. =(<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I can't comment about being more or less like an EQ1 bard but what I can say is that the songs do get better as your lvl goes up..at least that is what I have found, admittedly I am only lvl 28 but that is my opinion

[Pik'ee]

Songster's luck seems to me to be an excellent buff, I have adept 1 of this and I think it buffs all defensive and offensive skills by 3 (admittedly I'm only lv 21). Rousing tune, or the upgrade you can chose at 20, is really good, as you said I personally almost always run with Arcane Chorus too, arcane mitigation can never be a bad thing against caster mobs. If you think your buffs are rubbish, go hit something without them running, then go hit something with them all on. <div></div>

[Toogel]

<DIV>First of all, make sure you upgrade your songs, almost every one of them gets immensly better at adept 1 and there are a ton of 10-19 Adpet 1 bard books out there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your Songster's Luck pretty much gives you and your entire group a level up on your offensive and defensive skills (all of them) makin your group fight as if they were about 1 level higher than they actually are.  This is one of your best buffs and should always be up in group and solo exp.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rousing Tune is also a spell you should always have up especially if you upgraded it at 20.  Stat bonuses help on several different aspects of the game and its a single concentration point to upkeep.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bria's power regen may not be as good as an enchanter's, but its still a power regen regardless, and the party will approve of you playing it if it helps alleviate some downtime or helps with power regen during combat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My Haste spell is 14% at Adept 1 and its awesome for soloing if you dualwield or if you are in a group with more melee than casters.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In general you should always have Songster's and Rousing up as well as performers talent on yourself.  Your agility should be incredible with those up.  Haste if you are in a group with mostly melee;  Power regen if you are in a group with mostly casters or if the group is balanced.  I find the power regen a little better to keep up than the haste simply because it allows for that one extra concentration point to go into a discante debuff.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Almost all of our songs require Concentration which means you have to know which songs to play for which situation.  Having 5 concentration means you cant have everything up all the time.  A bard isnt supposed to be the end all be all buffer, they are just supposed to be able to buff according the needs of the group.  Kinda a Jack of all buffs but Master at none.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Toogeloo on <span class=date_text>03-20-2005</span> <span class=time_text>04:52 AM</span>

[Mat]

I didn't mean to imply the class is bad or anything. Its just not what I had in mind really when I thought of bard. I think I'll stick with it though since there is nothing like the eq1 bard. =(