Bards, Checking In!

[Harara]

Hello all, soon to be Bard here. Very excited!

The other day i saw an archer circle kite a fate boss very well, while shooting. I tried kiting a few times on regular enemies, but i'm unable to grasp the "trick". every time i try to kite in a circle, as soon as i do a skill my character faces the enemy and starts walking straight into them. This is with Keyboard/Mouse btw.

Can anyone throw a few pointers? I'm sure this is a skill that I should try to learn in order to take advantage of this class. Thanks in advance!

[NeonC]

You have legacy mouse/strafe binds set in place? Should be fine, strafing away is faster than directing retreating so keep that in mind when moving.

[theJaguar]

I've been seeing this macro floating around, and figured I'd share and ask for opinions on it:

/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <t>

Seems good to map, allowing you to use whichever ability is off CD, order dictating priority. I may change the order of Misery's End and Bloodletter, just because I prefer opening w/ Bloodletter when doing fates/hunting logs/chain kills. What do you guys think?

[Harara]

You have legacy mouse/strafe binds set in place? Should be fine, strafing away is faster than directing retreating so keep that in mind when moving.

Hi Neon,

Thanks for your reply. Not too sure what you mean by legacy mouse/strafe binds?

[NeonC]

Under keybinds you want to reconfigure your turn left turn right keys to strafe instead
Then set mouse to legacy type(forget where this is but it is an option), what this does is allow you to always face your enemy while moving freely. You just have to get used to using a mouse as a primary directing tool for your character and using keys for hotbar actions. For a Bard/Arch I highly recommend making then jump.

[Harara]

Thanks Neon, i'll give that a shot!

[RobinHood]

42 Brd, Been having a blast, really excited to get some AF, anyone have information on those quests yet?

[Adera]

Hello all, soon to be Bard here. Very excited!

The other day i saw an archer circle kite a fate boss very well, while shooting. I tried kiting a few times on regular enemies, but i'm unable to grasp the "trick". every time i try to kite in a circle, as soon as i do a skill my character faces the enemy and starts walking straight into them. This is with Keyboard/Mouse btw.

Can anyone throw a few pointers? I'm sure this is a skill that I should try to learn in order to take advantage of this class. Thanks in advance!

Keep your mouse right-click pressed and use your turn left/right (A,D)t keys to strafe. That is with default settings.

[ikon]

just hit 50 on my bard on gilgamesh

really loving the mix between archer and bard ^^

dps and musics

[gnuhc]

So does bard require pugilist or conjurer as a subclass?