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 Post subject: Is there any decent reason bards don't get meditation?
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:56 am 
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I see none. Bards being in tune with mana to the point they can use their songs to aid in regeneration of others' mana but they can't figure out how "to enter into a trance, clearing the mind of distractions, and allowing mana to enter into the body more freely." I know they don't really fit the magic user definition but certainly they should have something similar to meditation considering they get endurance.


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 Post subject: Re: Is there any decent reason bards don't get meditation?
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:08 am 
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It would make more sense for them to get Trance instead of Meditation, since Trance is only effective while resting and would therefore be less OP than Meditation on bards.

This topic comes up every time someone rolls up a bard and gets frustrated with their slow regen times, if they're trying to level only with songs or chords. Bards get a lot of melee utility that can be used to level effectively while mana pool regens.

Just train mana.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:04 am 
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After thinking about it over the years. What I would really like to see is a modified trance skill. It mechanically would work like trance, ie need to be resting but not sleeping, and you would hum a tune to yourself, sacrificing pe for me.


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 Post subject: Re: Is there any decent reason bards don't get meditation?
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:32 am 
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To the OP: Because meditation on bards would make them endless mana pools.


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Edoras wrote:
To the OP: Because meditation on bards would make them endless mana pools.


Yeah, they would turn into them, if they had it. after playing enough bards.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:21 am 
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Because bards are spoiled as is.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:36 pm 
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But bards are mainly utility anyway, it would just add to their overall usefulness(which I admit is already pretty high).


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:36 pm 
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Hello Kitty wrote:
But bards are mainly utility anyway,


In the right situations, solo bards can rip faces off.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:33 pm 
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Bards should get shield block. *nods sagely*


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:57 pm 
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Derail! Why the flaming do Scouts not have trip in their skillset. :evil:


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