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Few days ago I was sitting sorta afk at the waterline at the gobs in lyonesse and it amazed me that there's so many minstrels out there who have no idea how to play their class.
I was watching a group of all lvl35+ with 2 minstrels getting wiped out 4 times in a row on a normal pull at the gobs. It's even gotten so bad that there's groups out there who've had such bad experiences with minstrels that they don't even want the minstrel to be the main CC and prefer a theurg 5 levels lower then me to use his AE root. It only takes a few pulls to show them that I'm the best CC class out there for normal pulls. (tanglers not included cause we don't have AE)
I've seen dozens of minstrels standing right next to the healers playing his power song and fail to mezz the incoming mobs time after time.
A well played minstrel is the king of CC, for a couple of reasons. We can move while casting, we wear chain, we have an insta stun for when mez resists and we have speedsong.
A normal pull for every minstrel out there should go like this.
Speedsong on, walk alongside the puller and once you know he's gonna pull use /assist to get his target. Just before the mob comes into mez range switch to flute and start walking backwards(This gives you the longest lasting speedsong pulse). Start your mez song on the pulled mob and once the song is started switch to the next closest inc. mob(you can switch targets long before the song ends thus saving lots of time). Once song starts switch to next mob again and mez again if you have a 4pull or leave it if it's a 3 pull. When you're doing deep purples it might be better to wait with switching targets untill you're sure you have no resists. Everyone I've grouped with at the gobs knows that I'm the king of CC there and make a autopull go by without breaking a sweat.
I didn't play my minstrel for 2 days and when I got back online I got dozens of invites from people begging me to come into their group and do the CC at the gobs, cause there's so many crappy minstrels out there. All I heard was death here, death there all cause the minstrel acted like a powersong monkey and all they did was bang that drum and stand next to the healer all the way in the back.
I'd though I'd write this post and add some off the links where I learned to play my class well.
http://www.kungfugeek.com/~powersong/
This is probably the best site out there AFAIK and it's a good guide to learn you some of the basics of playing a minstrel. They also have a forum but that's not as much used as the one I posted below.
http://pub34.ezboard.com/fbardsofcamelotfrm13
Great forum of the BardsofCamelot where a lot of minstrels gather and share their experiences.
A well played minstrel is not a boring powersong drummer, but a class who makes it if a group will live or die on every pull. There's nothing more rewarding that having a very hard pull go very well time after time. Don't just let people tell you to play your powersong and STFU. Don't let them tell you that a mage who dies in 2 hits does CC better then you. Show them what it's like to have a good minstrel in the group to a point where they'll never want it any different.
Maybe I made it sound that every minstrel on Prydwen sucks but that's not what I meant. There's plenty of good minstrels out there but the bad apples ruin it for us.
The best compliment I can get is, if people ask me if I have AE mez after a pull of 4 and all of them are mezzed. Take pride in your class and show them what you're worth.
1.46 will only makes it easier for us cause our mez range will finally be changed to 1500 instead of 1000.
I was watching a group of all lvl35+ with 2 minstrels getting wiped out 4 times in a row on a normal pull at the gobs. It's even gotten so bad that there's groups out there who've had such bad experiences with minstrels that they don't even want the minstrel to be the main CC and prefer a theurg 5 levels lower then me to use his AE root. It only takes a few pulls to show them that I'm the best CC class out there for normal pulls. (tanglers not included cause we don't have AE)
I've seen dozens of minstrels standing right next to the healers playing his power song and fail to mezz the incoming mobs time after time.
A well played minstrel is the king of CC, for a couple of reasons. We can move while casting, we wear chain, we have an insta stun for when mez resists and we have speedsong.
A normal pull for every minstrel out there should go like this.
Speedsong on, walk alongside the puller and once you know he's gonna pull use /assist to get his target. Just before the mob comes into mez range switch to flute and start walking backwards(This gives you the longest lasting speedsong pulse). Start your mez song on the pulled mob and once the song is started switch to the next closest inc. mob(you can switch targets long before the song ends thus saving lots of time). Once song starts switch to next mob again and mez again if you have a 4pull or leave it if it's a 3 pull. When you're doing deep purples it might be better to wait with switching targets untill you're sure you have no resists. Everyone I've grouped with at the gobs knows that I'm the king of CC there and make a autopull go by without breaking a sweat.
I didn't play my minstrel for 2 days and when I got back online I got dozens of invites from people begging me to come into their group and do the CC at the gobs, cause there's so many crappy minstrels out there. All I heard was death here, death there all cause the minstrel acted like a powersong monkey and all they did was bang that drum and stand next to the healer all the way in the back.
I'd though I'd write this post and add some off the links where I learned to play my class well.
http://www.kungfugeek.com/~powersong/
This is probably the best site out there AFAIK and it's a good guide to learn you some of the basics of playing a minstrel. They also have a forum but that's not as much used as the one I posted below.
http://pub34.ezboard.com/fbardsofcamelotfrm13
Great forum of the BardsofCamelot where a lot of minstrels gather and share their experiences.
A well played minstrel is not a boring powersong drummer, but a class who makes it if a group will live or die on every pull. There's nothing more rewarding that having a very hard pull go very well time after time. Don't just let people tell you to play your powersong and STFU. Don't let them tell you that a mage who dies in 2 hits does CC better then you. Show them what it's like to have a good minstrel in the group to a point where they'll never want it any different.
Maybe I made it sound that every minstrel on Prydwen sucks but that's not what I meant. There's plenty of good minstrels out there but the bad apples ruin it for us.
The best compliment I can get is, if people ask me if I have AE mez after a pull of 4 and all of them are mezzed. Take pride in your class and show them what you're worth.
1.46 will only makes it easier for us cause our mez range will finally be changed to 1500 instead of 1000.
