junkyarddog wrote on Jun 24
th, 2012 at 11:10am:
1. TWF is a waste on a pure bard. shield only when in heal/umd mode
2. Get some str gimp so you can be usefull when not singing
3. both spells and scrolls. w + s mastery, umd for MASS HEAL!!! umd 52. remember that thread where you said you didnt need more then 45 because the game had nothing that required it??? think again moron. mass heal scrolls not common but they are out there. just gotta look. i wont even get on the topic of umd 60 arti scrolls....maximize, devotion/potentcy item. AP only when necessary to qualify for a pre. think outside the box.
4. fascinate/ottos do just fine on both wc and ss.
5.if I max every thing I can actually hit 46. ship buff only one i cant renew in quest with no outside help. usually run with 43/44. past life feats are good.
you build your gimp however you want. ill do mine the same. however dont say its not possible just because you cant do it.
ps. i have and will continue to carry extend on all my bards. tried it without long ago. didnt like it
pps. i have run with you before more then once. not all of my 28 toons are listed in my sig
1 Did you mean THF?
2 I do not want to lose DC. Read above. WC cannot charm(because STR based).
3 Why should I be a healer if any cleric and even fvS can do it better? Ok, nearly 600 heal spell on cleric vs... How much can I get with cure critical? Don't make me laugh.
Mass heall scroll, are you sure? Read above(here). I really tryed to make healing bard but it sucks vs FvS/cleric. And again I'll say. I want Virtuoso benefits for me, so Virt cannot be better than SS as healer. You know this fact(less SP, no SP regen).
Read again. 45 umd, no buffs. I can hit more for arti scrolls, but I rarely use them. Sometimes I use them for me.
Also, you can say that SS is much better. Virt can get the same DC. But this pre also has Song of Capering. I just compared this ability with other pre's abilities. It was the moment I started to love Virt.
4 Fascinate works for all bards. I can use my resistible Otto(like SS). WC cannot. But what about sphere? SS can, Virt can, WC cannot.
5 If I'll use all buffs I'll get the same. But 42 is enough for most of epics. It is over DC.
Repeat what is not possible. I have already said about WC ench DC. I'm happy for you, you got no life with your 28 toons.
PS Extend was nice when it affected sphere and other spells. Now it became less useful. On Monday it will become even more useless. Good luck with 1 Extended spell - it is Haste. Rage will have even more than 3 minutes duration - no need to be extended. Many people said to me that they will drop Extend soon. I understand them, but I cannot understand you.
PS You can just not let me go in your group or drop group what I joined, or do not join my group. It is easier. Altoholic.
1 Your damage. I was just talking to barb(BARB!!!), he got about 70-80 bonus damage fully buffed. Yes, Claw exists. Does you bard has those 70 STR to get such amount? I think you hit helpless target for 100+ usual damage, because with antique GA you need 84 addition damage(average) to hit 100. Good luck with this.