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Any /melody or other tips for heroic bard box? (2 boxing on miragul heroic TLP)

Discussion in 'Time Locked Progression Servers' started by Montag, Oct 21, 2019.

  1. Montag Augur

    I'm planning to box a bard on the new heroic server cause I suck at trueboxing and While I'm pretty solid on bards up to 65, I'm sure a lot has changed.
    Any advice would be a big help!
  2. Jaera Augur

    #1: Buy as much of the "Extended Ingenuity" line as soon as possible. Due to the way bard songs are coded, they're flagged as click buffs, hence you get extended song duration with this AA line. Using this you can melody/twist 6 songs without any of them falling off.

    #2: There is a line of songs called 'crescendo' that has a longer duration cooldown than other songs, when it lands it puts a buff on you, and when that buff fades, you heal HP/Mana/Endurance on your group, assuming they're near you. You should always have this song in rotation. Because of enhancements to melody, you can /melody 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and if any of those 7 is crescendo, it'll be skipped if its not ready but will cast if it is. You should always do this (I tend to put crescendo first).

    #3: Go back to the Omens of War expansion content and get your epic 2.0. It's click effect will be used forever when burning.

    #4: You get access to two auras, which are long duration buffs on your group (as long as they're in range of you) that refresh if you zone. The first aura is equivalent to your group mana regeneration and healing boost song, the second is equivalent to overhaste and spell boost (like Rizlona's in Planes of Power). Depending on your setup, you'll use the aura to fit in what you need.

    #5: There are equivalent 'echoes' to the aforementioned auras. These are stationary versions of the auras, so you can leave behind an echo aura while you pull. You cannot have both an aura and an echo up, so you'll need to pick based on what you're doing.

    #6: Get Selo's Sonata AA. Its instant cast group Selos for 3 minutes. Its incredible.

    #7: Boastful Bellow is now a "bomb" AA, it deals some damage and reduces resists for 18 seconds, then explodes for high damage. This is your trade-endurance-for-damage ability. Vainglorious Shout is the same thing, except its a frontal cone that (now) hits 5 targets. Both are very expensive on the endurance cost.

    #8: If you group with folks, your burns are basically every activatable class AA that looks slightly offensive-based plus your epic. They all stack with each other, but they have wonky interactions with other spells. Its usually not worth worrying about and just press all the buttons.

    #9: Your group gear is where you get your song resonances from. Don't bother using the epic 2.0 or instruments unless you really need to for some obscure reason.
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  3. Montag Augur


    Thanks this is great info!
  4. Montag Augur

    Any suggestions for songs to melody, particularly for duoing with a beastlord?