LuisFayela wrote:
1- 9 Gapping/Soloing
I want to 9 gap farm on my Bard starting at a relatively low level (1x-2x). How well will he fare in this situation? Also, since i am on server Xian i will not be getting many parties up until 6x/7x so i will be mostly soloing.
It's possible to farm at that level, but it's quite tough unless you have a nice weapon. Why don't you go to a server with more humans? *coff*venus*coff*
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2- Light Armour or Robe?
Most of the time my Cleric and Bard masteries will be at the same level. So would it be better for me to wear Light Armour instead of Robes?
Yes. LA will give you a little bit more physical defense against the monsters. You will make up for the 10% loss in speed and 10% more mana consumption since you are bard.
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3- Mana healing.
Is it really worth it to level such skills as Mana Cycle or Mana Wind? From what i experienced in this game so far the majority of players can easily keep up with their MP expense with pots, even those with a 15sec delay. So if i am in a Party playing as a Bard wouldn't it be better for me to contribute to the damage by nuking instead?
It is worth it because you will not be paying for mana pots. Mana cycle is necessary. Mana wind not so necessary. A bard's primary job in a party is to keep everyone's mana full and keep tambour/dance up, so you would be useless in a party if you could not heal mp.
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4- Cleric skills.
There isn't a single Guide on here about this so which Cleric skills should i take? I know about the obvious ones such as Bless and Recovery Division but are there any other crucial ones? Is Offering worth taking as well? Lastly, i prefer by far to play as a Bard in a party situation but i'd like to be able to switch to Cleric if my party really needs it. Which skills should i take in this situation? I don't want to level all of them to the point of being able to play as a Full Cleric, only the most crucial ones to serve as a secondary Cleric or in emergencies.
I don't know... in my opinion non-Full Clerics are next to useless in healing power compared to a full cleric. You'd be a bad secondary cleric. In the case of emergencies, you might also want to get res skills as well.
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5- Individual skills.
Is Echo passive useful? It increases Range of Music Pleasure line skills but since a party is supposed to stay put and not run all around the place is this skill worth leveling?
Most people on xian usually haven't been playing the game so they wouldn't know to stay put. They will join your party and say, "Ok, I turned on my bot, i'll be AFK"
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Hit March. One of the Guides tells not to take it but isn't increased ATK rating pretty important?
It's ok, but if you are the only bard in a party, you will most likely be using tambour instead of the other marches because it is more useful.
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Tuning Noise. I know that it is absolute damage and helps recover your MP but since i already will always have plenty of Mana could i skip this skill since from what i've heard it deals lower damage then normal harp attacks at higher levels?
This skill might come in useful if you never buy mp pots and accidentally forget to MC yourself.
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Prism. I don't really understand the explanation for this passive, can someone explain it in their own words for me please?
I have no idea either.
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Lastly, how fast do Bards generally level in solo situation? Would you put them as pretty fast along with Wizards and Pure INT Spear or among the slowest close to Bladers?
They do somewhere close to the damage of Pure INT spear, but with a 9 gap you will find it somewhat difficult unless you grind on mobs lower than you.
