1. Do a Bard’s songs work for pets/followers? If so, wouldn’t a Bard Necro be fairly powerful?

2. Do a Bard’s songs continue working if a Bard/Druid shapeshifts into an animal form?

3. Does a Bard Secondary get any benefits?

4. I haven’t seen a lot of Bards around. Is it only because they are not (or not seen as) a solo class?

1. Do a Bard’s songs work for pets/followers? If so, wouldn’t a Bard Necro be fairly powerful?

2. Do a Bard’s songs continue working if a Bard/Druid shapeshifts into an animal form?

3. Does a Bard Secondary get any benefits?

4. I haven’t seen a lot of Bards around. Is it only because they are not (or not seen as) a solo class?[/quote:zug3u9rh]

1. Bard’s songs work for followers. Bard Necros has a good chopping power… lets count: at 4x40 20 I can summon 3 undeads - 2 wilewights and 1 banshee… these are 11 attacks… if they all do not miss and if I sing gods of war, then we’ll produce 110 Damage… nd it costs 35 mana to start singing + 35 mana for every tick… BUT if you cast any spell (acid blind, heal self, web etc.) you will stop singing and have to resing again (that’s 35 mana)… conclusion: bards + undeads are good for fat chop-style mobs.

2. Bard’s songs continue working for some time after bard stops singing… I think you will spend this time for shifting into animal :)

3. Secondary bard gets DEX as the 2nd rolling stat, good apportunity of making good AC mode, th second high CAP for charisma.

4. Bards were planned as a group oriented class, they get solo power when raise levels for other classes :) not many bards? Let me count:

Taliesin, Pendalf, Minstrel, Sapient, Leadbelly, Solstice, Elseh, Requiem… and they all are playing now :)

[35b 21d 15n 6c] Heavell .

You missed one. This bard loves to sing Back Street Boys and Westlife :lol:

And another

[40b 37d 19c 10n] Jacinda looking for milky/opalescent shards {fire&ice}

I also have a couple questions about playing bard.

1. How do I read the song bonus thingie on the eq chart?

   i.e. 40/20/10 on an instrument

2. Does charisma influence the effect of Dance of the 7 Luck Gods? If so, by a lot or a little?

Thx

Wonka

I also have a couple questions about playing bard.

1. How do I read the song bonus thingie on the eq chart?

   i.e. 40/20/10 on an instrument

2. Does charisma influence the effect of Dance of the 7 Luck Gods? If so, by a lot or a little?

Thx

Wonka[/quote:1264u0ya]

If you ID an instrument, you’ll see the order of the benefits, but I believe it’s:

% increase in length of song

% decrease in song cost

of additional listeners

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I think luck gods is purely level based, but I might be wrong.