Monk has too many Positionals

[Garet]

Thanks for the replies.

Yea my bard is only level 50 so it is indeed kinda boring. not much to do except to wait for straight shot proc which rarely procs for me oddly. sometimes it does not even proc once in a boss fight lol. Does it proc more at higher level?

Last I played mch was back in heavensward and I know it has massively changed for the better now. But I think I will stick it out with bard based on your experience. I do love the archer archetype and I think bard is one of the jobs that will get good changes in next xpac along with monk

As for Dancer, the fact I failed so many times during its intro quest clearly shows I am not meant for it lol. But it does have super nice animations and visuals. the dance comboes are nice actually, So I understand why so many like to play it

[Saefinn]

No worries.

Thanks for the replies.

Yea my bard is only level 50 so it is indeed kinda boring. not much to do except to wait for straight shot proc which rarely procs for me oddly. sometimes it does not even proc once in a boss fight lol. Does it proc more at higher level?

Last I played mch was back in heavensward and I know it has massively changed for the better now. But I think I will stick it out with bard based on your experience. I do love the archer archetype and I think bard is one of the jobs that will get good changes in next xpac along with monk

As for Dancer, the fact I failed so many times during its intro quest clearly shows I am not meant for it lol. But it does have super nice animations and visuals. the dance comboes are nice actually, So I understand why so many like to play it

Procs are always 40% on the songs (40% per DoT). So it's better when you have all 3 songs, because there's no downtime where you're not proccing. So technically it doesn't go up. But Burst Shot will give a 35% chance of Straight Shot ready (Burst Shot is an upgrade of Heavy Shot) whereas Heavy Shot is 20%, so it'll mean you'll get more Refulgent Arrow procs, which can also be forced with Barrage. Caustic Bite and Storm Bite also have a 35% chance of triggering Straight Shot Ready.

If I recall Army's Paeon (and maybe somebody will correct me if I am wrong) will increase how frequently DoT's will hit and you get a trait at level 78 that makes the effect of Army's Paeon continue for 10 seconds into the next song, so that could increase chances of proc.

And you'll have a few more actions to play with later, like Soul Voice, which gradually builds up and can be launched into an Apex Arrow. You'll also get Empyreal Arrow, which you can weave, Sidewinder/Shadowbite, which you can weave too but their damage depends on how many DoT's are on the target. So there's some stuff that can break up the monotony more.

As a friend was levelling and was bored too and wanted to see what it's like at 80, I ended up recording me against a training dummy. I'm not going to claim I'm a good bard, so I'm sure anybody who watches in it can probably find flaws in my rotation. But it should give a feel of the pace and variety of skills & their frequency once you've got everything unlocked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHUs26VP8QE

[Garet]

Cool thanks for the videos. those visuals are nice.