This thread is for the Bards! Howdy Folks, Brexa the Bard here, and I've got some ideas based on barding and tooting your own horn in /general. So, there are some facets about being a bard that should be addressed. One is that the class is consistent and also wanted by fellow travelers in raids, group, or players passing by -and I've found a non-trivial phase for the bard. As the mastery of instruments comes easy to you, you'll be playing on your lute endlessly and wondering what else can I obtain from these songs? I've been plucking away at maximum skill for years now... isn't there some sort of high end bard role that is somehow overlooked and missing? Just a few. 1. Staying still while playing an instrument bonus. 2. Directional Shadowstepping (green gem song/spell.) 3. A complex facet to barding- read details please - required instrument type is at maximum skill - Quests that are on par with epic difficulty rewarding bard only instruments, one of each type. - Each instrument evolves by extended play of the specific type of song, (I.E. the wind instrument levels up from playing wind songs) - At maximum evolution the item becomes clickable. - Clicky summons an item that has unique ability, item goes back to 0% evolution. .Brass/String/Wind/Percussion gives- each ability respectively .Mana regen^ -HP regen^ -att/proc ^ -ac/magic bonus^ - items that are bard only. Singing is definitely something different than the instruments, you get a general reward from a quest that is a totem that evolves with singing only, singing can be done while an instrument is equipped, of course :3 But, the totem evolves only if you're singing the sing songs! OK, so the totem (like a megaphone cone lol) has to have a song mod as it's click-able ability, it also summons a temporary bag that has a combine button in it and 4 slots- take the other unused bard items from the 4 other instruments and hit combine, you obtain a trade-able and clickable item with a combined focus of all the previous components... for bard these abilities stack The item can be called Bard's Chewing Gum, has a lasting effect for players and the gum is stack-able. Bards can sell it if they desire, they can choose to deny begging players, they can hand it out to their friends. <Your gum has lost it's sweet/tangy flavor!> 4. EXTRA - Visible Capes!!!!
