Bard Template Advice!

[Novamir]

What's essential in bard temp?

Of course i know the following:

- pheobus harp
- atlantis tablet
- Traitors (tho seems a bit shit now as black/white form is easier to pick out than normal colours)
- CB


I want a relatively easy to get temp! What else is ESSENTIAL apart from following?

- +10% cast time
- +25 dex cap
- +20% (?) duration
- +10% (?) range


thx in advance

 

[Raven]

bracer of zo'ahat or whatever its called, maybe cloudsong too

 

[Divinia]

You can have a bunch of templates from me containing various stuff etc. but atlantis tablet essential?

 

[Lethania]

I could use some help too :x if I am even planning on starting to play again, since Leth is the only half decent char I have

I got phoebus neckalce, croc tear ring and Zahurs (which I dont need in templat eits just fun ^^)

Would love to use Cloak of Heavenly Bodies in temp if anyone got that kinda temp :x

And guess I need ot get the bracer, and sash? :/

 

[gia]

Phoebus, Zoarkat and something else to cap range (GOV, GSV, Jacina).

Ceremonial bracer (dex)

Croc tear ring, eoy or tablet are nice to have.

As for what stats you should focus on, 10% casting, 26dex, 10% range. Everything else isn't essential (including duration imo) as long as you cap stats/resists. Getting a decent amount of power % is a good idea though.

 

[Divinia]

I could use some help too :x if I am even planning on starting to play again, since Leth is the only half decent char I have

I got phoebus neckalce, croc tear ring and Zahurs (which I dont need in templat eits just fun ^^)

Would love to use Cloak of Heavenly Bodies in temp if anyone got that kinda temp :x

And guess I need ot get the bracer, and sash? :/

Got with that cloak, will give you 9castspeed instead of 10 with CS tho, but you get higher utility on the set. Could check mine up and host em somewhere and pm em to you.

 

[didyoufeelpac]

1. phoebus harp = 6 % duration of spells + 4% range of spells + 8 % duration of spells (from the etherial harp ) that means = 4% range + 14 % duration + 5 castin speed + 10 dex cap

2.jacinas gives + 5 % range
3.cer bracer gives 5 dex cap
4.gov give 5 dex cap + 4 spell range so you have caped range
so

you have caped range and need 6 % duration and 5 dex cap
you can use krojer dex ring that gives 6 dex cap i think
now as for castin time you can use cs taht gives the 5 % missing cast speed or scorpion tail ring that give 4 %
hope i give you some help

 

[didyoufeelpac]

oh i forgot as for shapechange arts is atlantis and dream sphere sorry for my enlish and spelling btw

 

[Drummer]

Dream Sphere is probably best option for shapeshift. With grp panther at lvl 10. But best to keep it outside template tho

 

[Novamir]

dreamsphere is awful.

 

[Huntingtons]

I could use some help too :x if I am even planning on starting to play again, since Leth is the only half decent char I have

I got phoebus neckalce, croc tear ring and Zahurs (which I dont need in templat eits just fun ^^)

Would love to use Cloak of Heavenly Bodies in temp if anyone got that kinda temp :x

And guess I need ot get the bracer, and sash? :/

i know Zaffa (bard) uses cloak of HB, ask him for his template

 

[Drummer]

dreamsphere is awful.

Why?

 

[Shangrila]

N00ba !!

Essential.. 1-2 shapeshifts, prolly croc ring for ae songs

nice to have: eoy, traitors, cyclopse shield (stealther lore) is uber fun, scepter of the merti is great too

About the template:
hard to make a decend template with all those bonus you want, especially 25dex cap can gimp you template big time.

10% cast speed = phoebus harp + Cloudsong
duration is on jacina, gsv/gov, phoebus
range is on jacina and giv/gsv
dex cap.. CB (dex version), phoebus (the summoned harp), gov, shaitan wind bracer

gl lvling all those artis (you what I'm talking off )

 

[Novamir]

the dreamsphere grp morph breaks all other morphs, and then also breaks on first combat, pissing off all your crocs!

 

[Reno]

It has a self only morph as well, that doesn't break upon combat, ask dng.

Danita

 

[Wot-do]

Using cloudsong on bard is really bad, the utility for bard on cloudsong are v.bad, compared using feathered wrap + phoeabus harp and some extra items with %cast.

Atlantis tablet is really a need til the day they nerf and change it, dunno if dream sphere is worth it really i find it easier to click a panther then a celt, and its like u always gonna lead neway mid pac will instant singel stun/mezz u always. But sure I guess its good in middle of fight, specially if more in grp are u using dream sphere.
Cermonial bracers for mezz/stun bt and dex cap, Winged helm if u can get it into ure temp, kinda pwns if u get 1-2 mid tanks on u.
Zo arkat bracers, lvl 5 pet is a requirement aswell.

In my current template i use only 9% cast (phoebus harp, ring of torrent 2% and ml9 helm with 2%) Dont think 1% is a huge diff really, 24% duration, capped range, 20% powerpool but only 15 dex cap, If i played bard activly and made a new temp i would try to cap dex.

 

[Pims]

My template has GSV, croc ring, phoebus Harp, CB (dex), scepter and traitors.

With preserved croc eye, cloak of heavenly bodies, ring of torrent, soot tainted boots, woven hair of malamis, paidrian necklace (swap to summon harp ) and ebon hide bracer, I get...

9% casting speed
18% spell duration
+26 dex cap
4% spell range
8% power
10af
+40 hit cap
+7 cha cap
+6 con cap
101 dex
83 con
82 cha
244 hits
capped resists

Spell range is too low and +power% isn't too good, but i made it so if I ever got Zo'arkat I could swap it with the ebon hide bracer, get 4% spell range and 6% power and not lose anything from the above by changing the sc about on a couple of armor pieces

You can also put in Zo'arkat and winged helm (which i plan to do when if i can be bothered to level the helm). Only problem is my resists will take a slight hit, losing 2-3% here and there, nothing too bad.

As for shape changes i only got 1 (traitors), kinda relying on the rr5 RA we get when new frontiers hits for the 2nd.

Hope this gives you some ideas

 

[Gargo]

Config Report

Stats

Str: 22 Int: 0 Hits: 240
Con: 75 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 103 Cha: 82
Qui: 0 Emp: 0

Resists

Body: 25 Energy: 26 Crush: 26
Cold: 26 Matter: 20 Thrust: 25
Heat: 23 Spirit: 26 Slash: 26

Skills

2 Nurture

2 Music

2 Regrowth

Focus

Cap Increases

26 Dex

9 Cha

40 Hits

5 Power

Other Bonuses

24 Spell Duration Bonus

6 Healing Bonus

9 Spell Range Bonus

9 Casting Speed Bonus

26 Power Percentage Bonus


Includes: tablet if i can be arsed to level it, zo'arkat, cb, harp.

Shame I'm using a rog tho

 

[Tuomi]

Stats

Str: 0 Int: 0 Hits: 304
Con: 75 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 78 Cha: 70
Qui: 0 Emp: 0

Resists

Body: 24 Energy: 25 Crush: 30 (2)
Cold: 20 Matter: 6 Thrust: 28
Heat: 25 Spirit: 21 (5) Slash: 25 (3)

Cap Increases

10 Dex

100 Hits

Other Bonuses

8 Spell Duration Bonus

13 Buff Bonus

20 Healing Bonus

8 Spell Range Bonus

4 Spell Damage Bonus

10 Casting Speed Bonus

10 AF Bonus

15 Power Percentage Bonus

Little something I tried to pull together, gotta tweak a little bit to get matter over 15, the spell duration and +25 dext cap are both kinda useless, When you think about it, +25 more dext aint much faster with 10% castingspeed, Aint it kinda rare to see ppl standing full duration of the mezz in combat? Thats why I wouldnt cap spellduration .