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Erelei

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I don't know about you, but I never had problems on my bard with casters / communers. What scared me were well played serks. If you have some logs where you get owned by a caster or communer, please post them on prayer and we will reevaluate the situation.

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Well, I am thinking ahead. Your bards were played when instruments weren't changed, maintain wasn't changed, you had third attack, dissonance didn't break your weapon, and you could refrain four seasons.

Its different now though, isn't it? Being reactive is what gets us in trouble.

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10 minutes ago, Manual Labour said:

Also does anyone find it odd that a bard can mal you with songs while you are sleeping? The positive affect bard songs dont work on sleeping allies...

Same way people listen to cassettes to stop smoking, be stress-free, motivate themselves, or anything else?

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3 hours ago, Dale said:

And I think they should get boosted when fighting the opposite sex

Did you just assume their sexual orientation?  :D

 

20 minutes ago, Wade said:

People think pry is already too much, can you imagine the out pour of salt if this was reintroduced? 

Fixed that for you.  DK's used to be able to order you to strip.  Made for a bad time.

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Skill: Attract - only affects opposite sex and removes the ability for them to initiate combat with you.  

Song: Lustful Heartbeat - Makes the opposite sex's adrenaline rush and as long as you are on they can not quit.

 

I really think these two skills, along with enhanced damage vs opposite sex and maybe an extra attack?  Also what dks could do, give it to bards.  

And yes to what ever you meant Magick .

Skill - Big finale - smash your instrument over your opponents head so hard it knocks them out, but breaks your instrument.

Song - Dance Dance Crazy Fun - Makes your opponent dance so they can't flee from combat - You try to flee but this is your song and you can't stop dancing!

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14 minutes ago, Erelei said:

This won't be a nerf to weapons. Weapons will become more of a utility than a brunt force object like they have been. More ways to make weapons, better ways to craft them.

I likely won't be done until after the new years, though.

Interesting.. I wonder how that will balance out with the loss of third attack.

Also, for those of us that have the current bard weapons, will we be losing them?

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Some of my bards would give their instruments up .as it fits their RP to be amiable.

Others will require someone to pry from my cold dead hands. Why?

Think about the time investment.

I have some bards with 5 weapons made of five, level 5 materials. I have spent thousands of hours across them gathering materials.

Seems there should be a trade off, you know like the government buying illegal guns from criminals to get them off the streets.

Make me an offer from the heavens, or make the mortals kill me and sacrifice my beautiful creations.

But do not expect me to smile nicely and thank you kindly for intentionally belittling my long term investment.

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1 minute ago, Fool_Hardy said:

Some of my bards would give their instruments up .as it fits their RP to be amiable.

Others will require someone to pry from my cold dead hands. Why?

Think about the time investment.

I have some bards with 5 weapons made of five, level 5 materials. I have spent thousands of hours across them gathering materials.

Seems there should be a trade off, you know like the government buying illegal guns from criminals to get them off the streets.

Make me an offer from the heavens, or make the mortals kill me and sacrifice my beautiful creations.

But do not expect me to smile nicely and thank you kindly for intentionally belittling my long term investment.

My worry isn't so much that I'm losing time invested, but that bards are going to receive so many nerfs that the class is going to be unplayable.

Third attack, four seasons, and dissonance are all HUGE hits to damage output. Instruments are now being revamped to be less damage and more "utility". I don't know what utility means, but I can tell you that it doesn't sound good for damage output. Speculation is all we got, so I'm trying not to jump the gun before anything is finished, but it makes me nervous that bards are going to lose all their damage output.

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Just now, Fool_Hardy said:

ahh Haha. Again we play them differently.

I am worried we lose defense. LOL

 

If echoed voices would ever land I'd say we don't need to worry about defenses, but since the song is just as horrible as its ever been, we can't afford to take any hits to defense.

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There is a thread for it that generated interest in one of the subforums. And few people would want to talk about how to beef a class up as they would in toning them down. The only people who are usually for promoting change in a class to make them stronger and more playable to others is the people who truly love those classes. The people who believe classes should be toned down are typically the people who are getting their asses handed to them repeatedly and very easily, or at the least feel like it was done so. It doesn't stop you from participating in that discussion though or even creating another thread altogether either.

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