RAs for bards?

[anno_dk]

I got aug-acuity 2, serenity1, purge, AM, fa2, AoM1, mcl1, aug-dex1 atm, and 12 points spare, what do other bards have?

 

[old.Tzeentch]

got more points than i know what to do with =/
going for aom 3, and i have serenity 2, have IP, that 3% increase in casting speed thingy, wild healing, toughness, aug con blah blah

 

[elerand]

Give your spare points to charidy m8, if only
Damn sure there are some who could use those points, sucks you can't spend them tho

Time to get mastery of water methinks

 

[old.Nol]

AM
Purge
MCL2
Avoidance of Magic 1
longwind 1
tireless 1

 

[Juanita]

AM, Purge, AA2, Serenity 1, AoM 2, Wild Healing 1

I'd say get AoM at least to lvl 2.

 

[SingerOfSoul]

IP (wanna demand a realm respec after they gimped FA )
Purge
Aom2
Toughness1
Aug con1
with yellow con dr00d buffs just tips me above 1.8khp ^^

 

[Cloak_]

AM
Purge
MCL
AoM2

 

[yog-hurt]

Originally posted by old.Nol
AM
Purge
MCL2
Avoidance of Magic 1
longwind 1
tireless 1

LW 1 and Tireless 1 ?

 

[Pempulla]

Originally posted by anno_dk
I got aug-acuity 2, serenity1, purge, AM, fa2, AoM1, mcl1, aug-dex1 atm, and 12 points spare, what do other bards have?

Now that you got your FA2, you simply HAVE TO go for IP next. Otherwise, you are simply left with a next-to-useless ability (for a bard, FA2, without the real benefit, IP. After that you might want to ask the question again.

 

[old.Nol]

Originally posted by yog-hurt



LW 1 and Tireless 1 ?

Yeah mate, quite often I can't get end song started in a fight because I am being interrupted, LW and Tireless let me sprint for longer while I try find a friendly pbaoe to park on. Regening end whilst end song is playing is a huge bonus too, for the next 3 zerkers that charge me

I was originally just testing them out because I do have a respec available, but I am quite happy with results, which I find have excellent returns for the 2 points spent. I am surviving a hell of a lot longer and it's very funny to watch sprinters chasing me in the pan cam

 

[Easdown]

is raging power a very useful RA?

is AM very good as ive never really noticed anyone use it before?

wild healing: im specced in regrowth and wild healing doesnt effect the regrowth heals does it?

what about serenity L2 doesnt anyone have that? does it not make much a difference compared to L1?

wouldnt ethereal bond be a good choice after getting seren L2?

with the fact that my regrowth heals take a long time would mastery of the art be a good RA to get?

and now some quessies about rvr: im a firby and tend to stand out having a massive drum in my hands and i always panic when someone starts attacking me, do i run or get out my sword and fight?

lotsa quessies take yer time

 

[old.Niljindil]

Originally posted by easdown
is raging power a very useful RA?

is AM very good as ive never really noticed anyone use it before?

wild healing: im specced in regrowth and wild healing doesnt effect the regrowth heals does it?

what about serenity L2 doesnt anyone have that? does it not make much a difference compared to L1?

wouldnt ethereal bond be a good choice after getting seren L2?

with the fact that my regrowth heals take a long time would mastery of the art be a good RA to get?

and now some quessies about rvr: im a firby and tend to stand out having a massive drum in my hands and i always panic when someone starts attacking me, do i run or get out my sword and fight?

lotsa quessies take yer time

AM is very subtle(you dont notice that its running that easily), but its really great when alot of people are taking damage, compare it to spamming group heals while you can still run around

Wild healing will let you crit with regrowth heals yes.

Ethereal bond isnt really that good, unless you feel you run out of power alot.

Yes it would be a good idea to get mastery of the art if you feel your heals are too slow.

If you have end song up, DO NOT CANCEL IT, just run around in circles with sprint active as you have more or less infinite amounts(assuming you have end song 4+) and they will never catch you, just dont rip out your sword, its a bad idea really since if the enemy is any good at all you will be dead in 10 seconds max having done basically nothing beneficial.

general rule of thumb, if nothing is hitting you but there are people moving, start waving your arms already!

If someone is hitting you, well, stand somewhere else

 

[spankya]

Think I had AoM3, purge, aug acuity2, serenity2, aug con, aug dex, toughness, AM, wild healing, MCL and some other bits. Not sure if I would ever bother spending 18 points to get ip though, unless I got to really high RR

 

[Pempulla]

Originally posted by spankya
Think I had AoM3, purge, aug acuity2, serenity2, aug con, aug dex, toughness, AM, wild healing, MCL and some other bits. Not sure if I would ever bother spending 18 points to get ip though, unless I got to really high RR

First of all: ignore pain costs 23 points to get for a bard, second of all you were never high enough RR to have all the skills you claim you did, not at the same time anyway?...

10+10+4+4+1+1+1+14+1+3+...some other bits= 48 +...some other bits....
Of course, you might have tested them using the realm respecs?


Anyway, has anyone done any testing on Mastery of the Art after last patch? Only one Ive seen posting results of some tests is Tyka (before 1.56) and imo those tests proved that MoA only had very little effect on cast times if that (seemed to fall inside a very small margin of error w/w/o MoA....). Could anyone post new findings before/after, as the RA does seem very useful for a bard (that little bit faster casting time can save lives...).

 

[lofff]

MoA = wtg, i got moa2 on loved