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Voting closed: January 14, 2012, 06:17:21 pm

[alexwazer]

It's a new thing.

From what little I've played with Kyu, the difference is noticeable, but nowhere near worth starting alchemy if you haven't already. Not for the damage skills anyway. Barrier spikes, rain casting, frozen blast, sand burst and life drain could all be worth it (and shock if you can get the damn pages...)

[SirAaronIII]

Shock is in fact awesome, as anyone who's played an alchemist in those zombie events can tell you (not me). It's too bad the pages are such a pain in the ass.

Wonder if it'd be worth rebirthing into a Vate when that comes out to avoid getting the pages altogether.... Probably not.

[Facekillz058]

How to word this...
Are the Bard skills... Viable? I guess is what I'm trying to say.
From what I've seen, it's mostly just support abilities,
But is it possible to get away with using Bard skills without investing in other skills for solo play?
EDIT: And also, what stats do bard abilities scale with, if any?

[Skyrunner]

No.

Trust me. When I started Mabinogi on the NA servers, Bard was recently released and all hyped. I got swindled and tried it and ended up concluding it's better if I went in and did smash and other melee instead of buffing.

[Girlinhat]

Bardic skills are great if you're not in the same league as the other party members - too noob to do damage, or too old and don't want to showboat - as it provides very decent buffs very easily.  It's fantastic to go along with your main skillset - a mage with Enduring Melody will be doing better than without.

[majikero]

The best bard skills are Enduring Melody which increases recovery and defense I think. What you really want from it is the MP recovery increase if you don't have MP pots.

Harvest song is nice if your doing life skills. That reminds me, I should get that one.

[Girlinhat]

Harvest Song and Raincasting are godsends for anyone who enjoys crafting - raincasting doubly so since it was made easier.

[Facekillz058]

I officially love the Bard talent.
Just murdered the fuck out of a wolf with a flute.

[SirAaronIII]

Remember, if you have the old alchemy crystals (cloud, life drain, etc) you can trade them in to Eabha for precious cash. It's apparently a lot; one guy made nearly 4 mil off just crystals.



(i'm a dumbass for selling them beforehand)

[Girlinhat]

Common crystals are 500 (barrier spikes, lesser golems) while decent crystals are 1,000 (life drain, blizzard).  I pawned off what I'd picked up from all the shadow missions, ended up making ~80k.

[majikero]

I guess for alchemists who has thousands of those, it really adds up.

[Girlinhat]

It's one reason I always collected them.  I had an alchemy crystal bag, might as well stockpile EVERYTHING.  It certainly helped!  I've also got a TON of intermediate magic crystals.

[Skyrunner]

Bardic skills are great if you're not in the same league as the other party members - too noob to do damage, or too old and don't want to showboat - as it provides very decent buffs very easily.  It's fantastic to go along with your main skillset - a mage with Enduring Melody will be doing better than without.

I feel that doing a smash, counterattack, then playing dead is better than barding. You soak up aggro for a short while and deal damage. If you're smart you can keep doing delay tactics.

[Girlinhat]

A good bard should actually try and use Lullaby or Enthralling Performance.  Lullaby freezes enemies and causes the next attack to deal more damage, and Enthralling causes them to follow you, then aggro.

Of course for pure aggro, fireball is pretty decent as well.  Every enemy hit will aggro.

[majikero]

Is there any point to the gun repair kit? 92% is too much risk to fix your gun with especially since most upgrades take durability.