I've been a Warrior since I started playing. I had just reached level 70 with a healer, but I completely forgot about it once they added the Perform actions to the game for Bards. That's literally the main reason why I made one.
Anyway, I've been practicing quite a lot with my Bard, learning different songs and stuff, but... once I join a cross-server party, the game doesn't let me play anymore. And... WHY NOT?! Like what reason even is there to disable something like this while you wait for your A11S party to fill? ò_ó
Also, why can't we play inside instances? I seriously hope the excuse isn't "because we don't want Bards playing in the middle of battles". The only reason I'll accept for this is something along the lines of "we don't want Bards wowing the entire party and stealing all the commendations with their shows".
So, can we please fix these things on the next patch please? Oh and also add more notes so I can play Kugane night theme and lower the interval between notes to make other songs playable pls and thank. c:
Bard Performance and... Restrictions
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01-16-2018, 08:06 AMBluexBirdBard Performance and... Restrictions
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01-16-2018, 08:41 AMKaivaC
From what I understand, Perform is pretty much a beta at this point. I know it was mentioned that they released it to get some feedback from some players - too lazy to link a source, but I do recall that the devs have some fixes to the Perform system.
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01-16-2018, 09:22 AMLambdafish
I will admit, I was a bit salty that our bard isnt able to play the victory fanfare for our raid clears
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01-16-2018, 09:31 AMGokuhanAs often as I see people doing dumb or obnoxious crap I an fine with people not being able to use this in instances.Quote:
Originally Posted by BluexBird
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01-16-2018, 09:47 AMKrotoanThis is why. Because people cannot be trusted to play nicely and it's easier to restrict them than to create countermeasures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gokuhan
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01-16-2018, 10:46 AMDeaconMoorebut your dps goes up 200% while the bard is jamming out metallica tunes...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gokuhan
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01-16-2018, 11:05 AMAxlStreamMore like the death rate...Quote:
Originally Posted by DeaconMoore
Seriously, we already have healers emoting instead of throwing out damage, let's not give BRD's their own little tool to be unproductive.
Also most people playing these things butcher the songs, just stop! -
01-16-2018, 11:45 AMStarRosieSorry, don't mind me, just gonna leave this here. No real reason. Just think this is a good spot for it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AxlStream
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01-16-2018, 01:40 PMAxlStreamWell ya know, a man can only take so much butchered renditions of Song of Storm...Quote:
Originally Posted by StarRosie
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01-16-2018, 05:46 PMCosmicKirbyQuote:
Originally Posted by AxlStream
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01-16-2018, 08:36 PMBluexBirdBards who want to be unproductive WILL be unproductive, regardless of whether they're able to use Perform inside instances. Just like how bad Bards with low DPS are still going to do low DPS! Perform has nothing to do with it. In fact, if you see a Bard performing in the middle of the fight when they should be DPSing, it's like a signal you can use to see if you should kick them or not. You don't get that kind of signal with Bards who silently do low DPS and/or aren't taking the fight seriously, unless you use parsers.Quote:
Originally Posted by AxlStream
So I still don't see why Perform should be disabled in instance. Especially pre-made parties. And if you STILL want to stress this pointless, stubborn argument, just make it so that Perform can't be used during combat. "Oh, but then... uh, what if the Bard just decides to play songs instead of coming with the group?" Uhm, I dunno? Same as a tank who decides to AFK for no reason? Talk to them politely and if they still keep it up, kick them? Like... hello? -
01-16-2018, 08:41 PMErryKTo be fair, in this situation, there would be no argument if they never made Perform usable in instances. Just saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by BluexBird
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01-16-2018, 09:10 PMBellsong
When they add an option to turn off perform sounds specifically I'll have no problem with perform being usable everywhere and anywhere
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01-16-2018, 10:36 PMBluexBird
I'd be fine with that. Make a checkbox under character settings to let people control whether they can hear Perform sounds from other Bards. I think that would make everyone happy.
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01-16-2018, 10:47 PMAxlStreamWell in it'S infinite wisdom, SE forgot to give us an option to turn others performs off without affecting other game sounds. So yes, no fun allowed until I can mute all our lil rockstars that sound like they're murdering a cat instead of playing music. Once that option comes, I won't care what you play or how well you play it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmicKirby
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01-16-2018, 11:04 PMLord_Zlatan
LOTRO allowed minstrels to be able to actually change the songs of their abilities, not just the performed songs. It was actually quite awesome, and I loved it.
On the flip side, it can totally break your immersion if someone is playing the Full House theme song before you fight Saruman. Through the Fire and Flames I could get behind, but not some of the cheesy crap people would do. -
01-16-2018, 11:56 PMStarRosieWarframe has this as well. There is an entire music based frame called Octavia. You can create music with her Mandachorde and that song will play when any of her abilities are used, and knowing the song can be useful since one of her abilities needs you to perform an action in beat with the song to gain specific buffs (Shoot in beat with the song, gain increased fire rate, jump in beat with the song, get speed boost, crouch in beat with the song, turn invisible for a bit.) but yeah, the music you make is played whenever one of her abilities is used. It was pretty neat, seen some cool covers come out of such a limited music maker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zlatan
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01-17-2018, 06:23 PMKaivaCThat escalated quickly...Quote:
Originally Posted by BluexBird