Problem with Bard Melody

Discussion in 'The Newbie Zone' started by Rowdey, Apr 18, 2019.

  1. Rowdey New Member

    I'm having a problem getting /melody to work properly on my Bard. I have the following:
    /melody 1 5
    It plays 1 then 5 but then keeps playing 5 over and over and never goes back to 1. I've tried inserting commas between the numbers and even tried /melody 1 5 1 but it still sticks with 5 over and over. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

    Thanks
    Rowdey, Apr 18, 2019
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  2. Qbert Gallifreyan

    What song is in the #1 slot for you? Some songs have a longer recast or require a target (or both), among other reasons. If the song can't be sung it will be skipped until the conditions are met.
    Qbert, Apr 18, 2019
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  3. Rowdey New Member

    Thanks for your reply Qbert. #1 is Chant of Battle and #5 is Chords of Dissonance. I think I may have figured it out though. If I remove any instrument from the primary or secondary slot, it works fine. Put the instrument back on (doesn't matter which one) and the problem reoccurs. I'm only level 3 and it dawned on me that the instruments don't start kicking in until level 5. So maybe that's why it isn't working as expected? It's the only thing I can think of.
    Rowdey, Apr 18, 2019
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  4. Qbert Gallifreyan

    That I couldn't say, I started my bard after defiant gear started so I've never used any instruments (bard focus is baked into gear now). It does sound like you figured it out though.
    Qbert, Apr 18, 2019
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  5. Varillian Singer of Bad Songs

    try /melody 1, 5
    Varillian, Apr 19, 2019
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  6. I_Love_My_Bandwidth Mercslayer

    This.
    I_Love_My_Bandwidth, Apr 19, 2019
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  7. Qwen New Member

    Rowdey is right. It is a problem related to low level bards equipping and instrument before they have the skill. It causes those songs to be skipped as it tries to use the skill.
    Qwen, Apr 19, 2019
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  8. Drackonos New Member

    It's the instrument. I had the same thing happen on my new bard yesterday.
    Drackonos, Apr 20, 2019
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  9. Wulfhere Augur

    Right. Bards from level 1 to 4 can only sing songs. Equipping an instrument before level 5 results in a skill fail message and the song is skipped.
    Wulfhere, Apr 20, 2019
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  10. Tucoh Augur

    I've never used commas in my melodies and doubt this resolves the problem of a twink bard grabbing an instrument they can't use yet.
    Tucoh, Apr 22, 2019
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  11. Gaussian New Member

    Could be the song? I had Selos and Brusco's Boastful Bellow as a melody when I was tinkering around with something and had the same issue. Realized there was a significant cooldown on Brusco so Selos would just repeat until the right conditions were met for Bruscos to trigger again.

    I use /melody 1 2 3 4 with no commas and it works fine unless I overlook a detail about one of the songs that prevents it from operating seamlessly.
    Gaussian, Apr 22, 2019
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  12. MMOer Augur

    This helped me today. Thanks
    MMOer, May 28, 2020
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