III. Song Composition
As a Bard advances she will obtain song components that can be added to a bard’s song such as melodies, embellishments, lyrics, choruses, verses, bridges, rests and codas. These effects can be placed into slots to create a song. The Bard will gain more song composition slots to which she can add effects as she increases in level. However, a Bard can only choose one melody per song. If there is an effect (other than a melody) that the Bard likes, she can layer it multiple times multiplying the end effect. The Bard will create and name her own songs deciding which effects to add. The Bard will be able to create up to 30 songs, which will be stored on the server. The name the Bard chooses for a song will appear on the icon on player screens. nbsp;

Types of components:

Melody - The backbone of a song. Every song must have one and only one melody. Melodies cost 2 energy per second.

Embellishment - A song can have potentially 5 embellishment slots. Minor additions to a song. Small resistance buffs, debuffs and other minor buffs.

Lyric - Potentially 4 Lyric slots available. Lyrics provide many different effects. They can be power buffs, debuffs, increased run speed, weapon procs, levitation and more.

Chorus - Potentially up to three chorus effects per song. They are high powered lyric like components.

Verse - Potentially up to three verse effects per song. High powered effects such as DoT’s, snares and regenerative effects.

Bridge - Potentially up to two bridge effects per song. Very powerful effects.

Coda - Potentially up to two coda effects per song. Very powerful effects. Coda’s use 8 energy per second.

Rest – Do not add anything to the song but rather negate some of the energy consumption. Rests can go in any slot.
IV. Power vs. Rest
Each song effect adds benefit to the Bard’s group and consumes power every time the effect is refreshed. When creating a song, the Bard must choose between adding additional effects and conserving power. A Bard can conserve power by adding rest effects to his songs rather than adding beneficial effects. Rest effects can be placed into a song to lower the power usage. Using rest effects lowers the song’s overall utility, but allows the Bard’s song to play longer, possibly indefinitely, if enough rest effects are used.

V. Instruments
Instruments are used for out of combat effects like run speed and regeneration. Instruments magnify the effects of the song’s components. Each instrument has a mod on it. If the mod matches the mod of the particular song component it will amplify the effect even more.

VI. Twisting
There is no twisting per se. While songs can be changed, the song effect instantly ends when a new song begins. Although, the ability to add multiple effects to a song essentially has the same effect as twisting.

Screw monk, we need tanks!!!

Whats monkie's name?

17 warrior on Florendyl.

Leap Attk was a great opener for Decimate chain reaction, but had
a global cool down timer. Better to trigger off a kick or shield bash
for an immediate chain reaction. The leap was dumb and annoying.
I'm guessing they pulled it when they saw folks were almost guaranteed
a chain reaction from it, OR were tired of the leap / no-leap animation debates.

Really liking warrior. Using sword and board, all brute's armor and
sword for high DEX to raise crits and evades. Interesting they changed
str to increase blocking. Been putting points into DEX, CON, STR, but
more so trying to get all 3 above 100. Then will continue focusing DEX,
then CON, then STR.

Offensive stance solo, was using leap attk, kick, shield bash, and
occasionally devastating blow to trigger decimate which would allow me
to land 300-600 hits. Tried dual wield, the extra offhand dmg wasn't
worth losing shield AC, block, and shield bash attk. Haven't tried using
2Her yet. Defensive stance while grouping, I swap DB with taunting
strike, which is a nice aggro 100 dmg attk to spam.
Waiting for the AE taunt, as some fools still don't comprehend /assist.

PS what's up with the horizontal scroll on the boards, shouldn't it wrap based on browser sizing?

Azzi