is bard hard to play?

[6Lilducks]

Bard is really putting damage over time abilities on enemies, then pressing one button to attack until you can use the other ability lol.

[fyaha]

I play Bard a few more this days and like it because, at my noob level, it is very easy.


I place DoTs then spam one aoe macro or one single target macro. And songs all the time (one is clearly for aoe, one is clearly for single target.) The "hardest" for me would be to keep DoTs on and songs active.

what macros to you use for bard if you dont mind me asking?

[DPZ2]

what macros to you use for bard if you dont mind me asking?

Not sure what the poster meant by 'macro', but my recommendation is to save the macros for non-battle-related things, as they have a mandatory 'wait' built into them that does you no good in a fight. Be specially careful of macros that do more than one thing, as they cannot be interrupted once started.

It's pretty easy to look at your bar and use Heavy Shot (single target) and Straight Shot (single-target with about 10 seconds to use it when the icon 'lights up'). For AoE, you'll be using Quick Nock (level 18 skill) and, possibly, Rain of Death (level 45 skill) when it comes up. It shares a timer with Bloodletter (level 12 skill), which you should weave into your rotation whenever it comes up.

[ItMe]

I place DoTs then spam one aoe macro or one single target macro.

You have an AoE macro and a single target macro?
Can you post these two macros here?
I would like to see them.

[fyaha]

ill just keep playing with no macros for now just using hotkeys instead for now

[fyaha]

ive been in lockdown now for 6 days from covid this game helped me kill alot off time

[yotsuffy]

what macros to you use for bard if you dont mind me asking?

You have an AoE macro and a single target macro?
Can you post these two macros here?
I would like to see them.

I agree with the fact that if you play with macros, you can't play at your theoretical best. Abilities, for example, shouldn't be played through macros. This said, macros help me a lot:
- I spend less time focusing on icons and more time focusing on the battle and its mechanics;
- much less "hand gymnastics", ie. less fatigue and less pain.

Also, don't spam macros! Timing is essential. Especially if you want to use macroed abilities between GCD actions.

The macros I use in battle are those (I play them in French so I may have made mistakes while translating them):


Sidewinder and Shadowbite: never in a macro.




Brainless multispam:

/macroerror
/micon (Rain of Death)
/ac (Rain of Death) <t>
/ac (Quick Nock) <t>

Brainless monospam:

/macroerror
/micon (Straight Shot)
/ac (Straight Shot) <t>
/ac (Heavy Shot) <t>
/ac (Empyreal Arrow) <t>
/ac (Bloodletter) <t>

Barrage never works fine with a brainless monospam so it is aside:

/macroerror
/micon (Barrage)
/ac (Straight Shot) <t>
/ac (Barrage) <me>

With the previous 3 macros, I can see when 4 actions are up and I play accordingly.



Pitch Perfect:

/micon (The Wanderer's Minuet)
/ac (Pitch Perfect) <t>
/ac (The Wanderer's Minuet) <t>

Nature's Minne, to help heal the current tank of my current target:

/micon (Nature's Minne)
/target <tt>
/ac (Nature's Minne) <t>
/targetlasttarget