LU38

[Mildavyn]

<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=379496" target="_blank">Test</a> Update Notes</p><p><cite>GU38 - Test Notes extract:</cite></p><blockquote><p><b>Bard</b></p><ul><li>Resistance Chorus Songs: Now affect the entire raid</li></ul><p><b>Troubador</b></p><ul><li><i>Daelis' Frolicking of Blades</i>: Triggered damage can occur anytime the Troubador receives damage instead of only when struck in melee combat. Its chance to trigger no longer uses spell or weapon normalization, allowing it to trigger more often.</li></ul></blockquote><p>So, now our selfbuff will have a chance at procing if we get hit with an AoE. Can anyone else say 'meh'? Resist songs going raid-wide will put me at the top of the heal parse on some fights, but seriously... why bother?</p><p>I'll give them a 'D' for effort, and an 'F' for effect. FAIL.</p>

[Asif]

<p>Hmm i am going to give them an F on both what a waste.</p>

[RanmaBoyType]

<li><i>Daelis' Frolicking of Blades</i>: Triggered damage can occur anytime the Troubador receives damage instead of only when struck in melee combat. Its chance to trigger no longer uses spell or weapon normalization, allowing it to trigger more often</li><p>righto - have roughly 700 int raid buffed, so since this still takes a concentration slot it is still a waste to me to even have this spell running.  Pretty [Removed for Content] IMO - looks to me like this once again affects PVP troubs over PVE troubs..</p>

[Frigid2000]

<p>If they made it to where it didn't take a concentration slot, it would be nice to have.</p><p>The resist buffs being raid wide is ok, I guess. Not too excited about the changes yet.</p>

[Mildavyn]

<cite>RanmaBoyType wrote:</cite> <blockquote><p>Righto - have roughly 700 int raid buffed, so since this still takes a concentration slot it is still a waste to me to even have this spell running.  Pretty [Removed for Content] IMO - looks to me like this once again affects PVP troubs over PVE troubs..</p></blockquote>Just exactly HOW did you manage to turn this into an anti-PvP thread!? FYI the <b><u>ONLY</u></b> time I run this buff is when I'm soloing. Grouping for PvP? Drop Daelis' and run RoR. This spell is <b><u>ONLY</u></b>, repeat <b><u>ONLY</u></b>, used while soloing, same as on a PvE server.

[Tri]

The resist songs willl have their uses, though situational it will help the raid.If you put AAs in them of course.But the self buff ... we will see after testing.If it procs a lot more, soloing will be less of a pain.Raid wise? A chance for it to proc when hit by AoEs dosn't sound very usefull,and anyway, it uses a conc slot so you're still better off with other buffs.

[Nembutal]

The problem with any of our songs being AE is they run the risk of making it so only 2 bards are needed on a raid or less.Back in EQ1 with AE mana regen and AE resists we suddenly had alot less reason to have bards around... by making them more useful on raids it made them less needed.They keep bards around for 2 reasons.1.) mana regen2.) dps boostsif our AE was one of those 2... well... say goodbye to people wanting bards in each group.