Bards

by Yiila

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Raeri2010-08-16 04:33:59
Achromatic aura is closer to 10%, afaik.
Shaddus2010-08-16 23:05:13
QUOTE (Furien @ Aug 15 2010, 06:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's normally not, but Bards can sometimes be the exception to this. You won't damagekill by straight-out spamming minorsecond unless you're an artied Demigod - sticking manabarbs and egovice, though, is another story. Achromatic aura is also a solid 20% (I think?) weakness to all magic damage, too, and shouldn't be sneezed at.
this.



if you're able to buy credits, trans starhymn first. if not, buy guild and city credits as often as yov can.

as for the horehound/earwort echo, I didnt find it to be that useful, because your enemy can eat these even if they are in octave/earache. a better idea is an echo/colornote to show when they actually get hit by vice/barbs every time
Furien2010-08-16 23:13:41
It's also noteworthy to point out that Minorsixth (whatever it is that drains mana/ego, to combo with tritone/egovice) doesn't actually deal damage. It just 'drains' the respective attributes. It's hard to make them scale significantly as a result of this, and I don't think most +damage skills can help with it.
Yiila2010-08-17 20:23:46
I have been doing as Furien said above and it works okay in groups I think, but in the arena it is a bit off for me. I actually ended up getting some credits and I am now sitting on:
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You have gained the following abilities in Starhymn:
Composition         You may compose songs expressing your own creativity.
Sustain             The ability to maintain a song.
Processional        A beautiful hymnal that regenerates willpower and mana.
LoveCanticle        Blessed be Raziela, a hymn of love and healing.
DiscordantChord     This painful chord shall crush the disharmonic soul.
HopesCarol          Thanks be Shakiniel, a hymn of protection.
StarLight           The light of the stars replenishes the body's needs.
Refrain             A musical structure that allows repetition of a stanza.
MercifulSanctus     Honours to Japhiel, a hymn of balanced justice.
CrusaderCanto       Glory to Methrenton, a hymn of the holy flame.
LightCantata        Praise be Elohora, a hymn of the blinding light.
CaptiveAudience     Both friends and enemies hear nothing but your songs.
CelestOde           Rousing song that inspires the citizens of Celest.
AngelSong           Angels who hear will increase their speed.
AB STARHYMN for more information on an ability.


I now have some actual offensive song options, but I still lack a lot of key things like Contortion in Acrobatics, or anything in Glamours. All in all I am excited to play with these new song effects.(BLIND SONG IS KNEEL SONG DUH!) Or the CrusaderCanto, though I am not sure from the description what it actually does.

EDIT: Being able to refrain song and such makes this much more pleasant and quite a bit more interesting~!