Interesting fact: The songs dnt have to be different to stack, I was in a fate group last night with another bard and we both happened to cast mage ballad at the same time and we all had 2 mage ballad buff icons it was funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosencranz
Having two bards in a 8 man will be nice since we can cast tp and mp songs at the same time =P
Bard Endgame - Suggestions and Strategies
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09-06-2013, 08:44 AMCastiel_Krios
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09-06-2013, 10:01 AMblessedsince no one is replying, i had to bump this. heheQuote:
Originally Posted by blessed
thank you in advance! -
09-06-2013, 02:42 PMKixx
Well after my annoyance at having to spam the macros multiple times to use the different attacks I altered them a little. While never truly optimal for a max dps rotation they do a fair job at keeping the non-gcd attacks on cooldown. It at least makes leveling mindless and if you're bad at manually keeping them on cooldown its certainly higher dps. I didn't bother macroing it to straight shot so I can see the gcd easily but I'm sure anyone could figure that macro out.
If anyone comes up with a more elegant and effective solution I'm all ears.
/ac "Venomous Bite" <t>
/wait 1
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <t>
/wait 1
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> -
09-06-2013, 02:43 PMPandaTaruDOL/DOH? To make your own stuff/money?Quote:
Originally Posted by blessed
pick any craft/DOL that can make you gross-rich to buy everything from the market. Or check what the crafted gear is made of, or made with, and level this DOL/DOH. -
09-06-2013, 03:10 PMNintenPyjak64The problem with this is the GCD would get in the way sometimes and you'd have a lower chance to cast ME or BL unless you spammed, which is what you're trying to avoid? With the regular macro posted several times, all it does is casts first which is available, whether it's ME, BL, or your GCD skill (though with Straight Shot you'll want that first for the crit buff).Quote:
Originally Posted by Kixx
What I do is this when I'm button pressing (not spam pressing): 1 (Straight shot macro) 2 (Windbite Macro, launches BL), 2 again (Launches WB), 3 (Venomous Bite macro), then constantly pressing 4 unless I get the Straighter Shot proc, or if Flaming Arrow is out of cooldown. It isn't really spamming and it lets me keep my cool as I watch my DoTs, which is vital for your DPS (I swear my DPS almost doubled after I picked up Windbite) -
09-06-2013, 04:50 PMRosencranz
@Castiel_Krios: that's nice. Especially in some fight where the boss - usually a primal - tend to use a big devastating aoe that almost half the hp of the group. Having in this moment 2 mage ballad + battle voice means that the Healers can spam Aoe healing w/o losing any mp. Thanks!
@Blessed&Kixx: Others have already answered that, i agree totally with them :3 -
09-06-2013, 05:05 PMKixx
The way I have it has a very high chance of using the shots. The problem tends to be on the first shot opener. Against mobs with high hp like in dungeons you don't notice the problem.
The real problem is the way the game registers the animations. For abilities that are supposedly off a gcd they have to be timed in a quite annoying fashion. It would be nice if the game just automatically canceled animations with no delay. As the skills are now there is just no way around what feels like unresponsive controls. Whether macro'd or not. You notice it a lot when using buffs like raging strikes. -
09-07-2013, 04:38 AMPessimiStickThere's an easy fix to that. Add /micon "Skill Name" to the top, i.e.:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kixx
/micon "Venomous Bite"
/ac "Venomous Bite" <t>
/wait 1
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
That will show the icon for the actual skill, including TP cost for rangefinding. -
09-07-2013, 07:23 AMEtrips
How does Bard fare in farming mobs continuously at 50?