Suggestion Bard Rework Idea

[malikdanab]

Disclaimer: I'm not too experience with bard so what I say may be incorrect.
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What I'm thinking is changing how bard's skills work. The main difference is to categorize the skills into Songs and Chords.
Song: A powerful and persistent buff. (Can only use one at a time):

• Mana Song
• Battle Song
• Healing Chorus

Chord: An instant skill that does an effect. (Work the same as bards current skills):

• Void Song*
• Accelerando
• Boastful Bellow
• Song Of Respiration*
• Drop The Bass
• War Song*

*Need a rename

The purpose of such as change is to solve 2 problems:

• The constant spamming of songs to keep them up
• The lack of a decision making when it comes to choosing which song to use.

How Songs would work:

• Higher initial cost than current skills
• Last much longer than current skills
• Are slightly more powerful than current skills
• Using a song replaces the old one

Lore reasons to why this is more fitting:

Currently, bards are singing multiple songs at the same time. With this, the bard would only be singing 1 song at a time and chords would be the bard playing their instrument.​

 

[Ultanian]

Disclaimer: I'm not too experience with bard so what I say may not be correct.
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What I'm thinking is changing how bard's skills work. The main difference is to categorize the skills into Songs and Chords.
Song: A powerful and persistent buff. (Can only use one at a time):

• Mana Song
• Battle Song
• Healing Chorus

Chord: An instant skill that does an effect. (Work the same as bards current skills):

• Void Song*
• Accelerando
• Boastful Bellow
• Song Of Respiration*
• Drop The Bass
• War Song*

*Need a rename

The purpose of such as change is to solve 2 problems:

• The constant spamming of songs to keep them up
• The lack of a decision making when it comes to choosing which song to use.

How Songs would work:

• Higher initial cost than current skills
• Last much longer than current skills
• Are slightly more powerful than current skills
• Using a song replaces the old one

Lore reasons to why this is more fitting:

Currently, bards are singing multiple songs at the same time. With this, the bard would only be singing 1 song at a time and chords would be the bard playing their instrument.​

I think there should be more notes played too for songs, a simple beat would even be good

 

[malikdanab]

I think there should be more notes played too for songs, a simple beat would even be good

If someone can code/write the music for it then I don't see why not.

 

[Trazil]

just have each of them play different music from a disc if you can

 

[malikdanab]

just have each of them play different music from a disc if you can

Sounds good

 

[JupiterRome]

AGREEED

 

[jazza411]

Bard is ridiculously hard now trying to keep all the buffs going. Anyway to make it easier would be a blessing for the current bards.