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Heartsfury vs Room Hinder - Initial Testing

Romaen — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:30:28 +0000

I've been testing heartsfury's new ability to help get out of room hinder. Testing was done walking in and out of piety with the priest (@Elyra) in the room.

Here are my results:

Attempts: 1000

Successes: 563
Failures: 437

Success is getting out of piety. Success rate, then, of 56.3%. Looks good!

ETA: Hate these big ugly blank gaps.

Combination ability

Endryn — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:02:44 +0000

Is there a reason swashbuckling doesn't have a single line syntex attack like so many other classes?

Something like:

quartet

Example:

quartet glathna Accentato curare yes limerick

This command will wait for balance, eq, and voicecraft before firing and then it would hit with accentato jab with curare, use auralbless and then sing limerick at glathna.

trio glathna accentato curare limerick

This command will wait for balance, eq, and voicecraft before firing and then it would hit with accentato jab with curare, and then sing limerick at glathna.

Bashing

Sharidin — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:53:04 +0000

Hello!

I'm interested in returning with a Bard character and try to bash my way to dragon! I'm also interested in getting involved in combat once I'm strong enough (either after 80 or 90?).

I was wondering if anyone could suggest to me where to focus my efforts first? I understand you would need a CON spec for optimal bashing to Dragon, but a STR one for combat?

I could keep my free trait/race reset for the point where I reach high enough level to do that, so any idea on which races complement the bashing and combat respectively?

I'll have about 2K credits to start with using retirement and some initial purchases so appart from a SoA, any other suggestions on what to focus primarily for bashing?

Many thanks in advance for taking the time to read and reply to this, I'd appreciate some help as I really want to become a dragon one day and enjoy the best of RP and political controversy the game has to offer!

Tips

Faustino — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 11:39:11 +0000

Any tips for bards that are New to the game?

Bard > STR, CON, DEX, INT?

Dochitha — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:19:47 +0000

Which is the best for a bard?

Thank you!

Bard Locking

Gamoneterik — Fri, 09 May 2014 05:36:05 +0000

So I have heard a LOT of talk lately of Bards locking people and whilst I am an alright combatant I just can't seem to get a lock.

Even testing with someone standing there it seems impossible. I've heard a few things but the latest advice I'm following is @Jovolo - "A salve lock is impatience and anorexia while off salve balance. Can't focus, eat or applu. From there you stick paralysis and then the rest of the lock affs before salve balance is recovered. As a bard, you can stick impatience, then minuet apply restoration, jab curare pesante and sing qasida. Or slike and recite epic, doesn't really matter. Then jab kalmia martellato, jab gecko. Need a jab faster than 2 seconds."

So I have a 1.6-1.7 second jab and I can't lock following this advice even when the victim is standing there with uncured impatience. I'm just following this to the letter. Currently the victim gets impatience, anorexia and paralysis, then asthma and slickness afterwards as the others start getting cured. My minueting is working well, the whole thing begins as soon as they apply resto. My ping is fine. There is NO way I can see to Bard using the server side queueing, as it doesn't respect envenoming.

Halp much appreciated KK thanks

Bard Artefacts

Leviticus — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:43:07 +0000

I have been thinking about going bard for awhile. What are all the artefacts that bards can make use of? I am going to do my own research but would like to know if I miss anything. I'll post what I have later so we don't conflict.

NEED:
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OFFENSIVE ARTEFACTS

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Rapiers:

Soulpiercer 63 180 246 1600 credits

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Special Weapons

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None that help bard (I have a lot of these anyways)

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MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS

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A golden pendulum: 250 credits

- Capable of keeping perfect time, this artefact will reduce the

time between a Bard's harmonics being called, and their arrival.

Silver tuning fork: 200 credits

- Its presence in the inventory of its owner will allow Crystalism,

Harmonics, and Devotion users to create vibrations or harmonics or

rites with double the lifetime.

I have most of the rest as well.

Lessons 3350 per class

1675 credits for Tri-Trans

Balance: 3,725

Limb Counter

Zekeros — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:26:17 +0000

I'm trying to learn to fight and I need to figure how to break limbs, is there a bard specific limb counter I can use or do I just need to guesstimate on an assess?

Bard Combat macro/script design

Borran — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:56:38 +0000

I'm currently trying to setup aliases, keyboards, and macros so that I can get started on training for combat, but I've always guys that your initial alias setup sets the pace for your learning curve. But every time I think I have a working design, there is one aspect I'm missing. How do you setup your macros to handle venoms, voicecraft, targetting, and tunesmithing without having to do 4 things every standard balance?

My most recent system incarnation has an alias to toggle for tunesmithing for all following jabs, a 3-letter alias to handle venom and voice at the same time, limb targetting with the numpad, and a click able menu to play harmonics (and display decay time). The issue with this is darting between the letter keys and the numpad every balance and the fact that I can't use jab and voice independent of one another if the balance times are different. Any suggestions?

Minuet: Creative Uses

Rodhel — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:27:55 +0000

I've just been getting into sparring as a Bard and I've never played a class in any IRE game that can force / equivalent.

My question to fellow Bards / other people: What are good things to force in combat? (And are there rules or something about using it, haven't much played with it yet).

Seems like the equilibrium on it means it's hard to combine minuet with other skills but forcing apply restoration and doing limb damage seems like it could be pretty powerful, or forcing someone to eat an herb to knock their balance?

Interested in hearing ideas!

Rapier - artefact or forged

Klendathu — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:21:25 +0000

I've heard differing things from different people regarding the rapier for a bard for PvP. Some people say soulpiercer is the way to go for to hit and loldmg, others say the speed is too low. Before I go and splurge 1600 cr on an artefact rapier to find it's bobbins, here's a handy poll. I don't care if you're an active combatant, ever been a bard, or whatever, just trying to canvas opinion from a broad spectrum of forum users

Bard questions

Endo — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:16:46 +0000

Hey, im creating a bard and would like to know how they fair in bashing as well as solo and group combat. What their main stat is or atleast how important of a role str and int play in the grand scheme of things? I also read an update on the bard class that looked very promising, is that making a difference for the class as a whole?

Any advice is welcomed and appreciated.

tunesmithing

Riley — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:44:28 +0000

So, anyone else notice its not working?

Bard Combat - tips/strategies/logs

Washeed — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 21:50:41 +0000

I'm returning from dormancy and I'm looking for a little help with Bard combat

Bard: that one class

Averi — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:09:42 +0000

So I was wondering, have any of you guys been bard before/fought a bard?

What works for them and what doesn't?

I am having tremendous amounts of trouble killing people at the moment. And it's kind of frustrating.

I can hinder people, but I can't seem to figure out how to make the die.

Any help at all would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

True parry

Wessux — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:03:05 +0000

You guys can make fun of me for this question, but I remember true parry use to be parry both leg, both arms, or head and torso. Now it's pick left, right, or center. Was this changed because they thought true parry was to good or changed it because it wasn't good enough. Because it's a lot better than what it was now, and I'm just trying to figure out why it was changed. Someone told me it was because they tried to nerf it and if so they failed.

Anyway I'm just curious about it, thanks in advance.