(f2p) First time playthrough - going strong!

[WolfsGoRawr]

With great power, ahem, with Iconic you'll stuck at level 20 till you buy epic content.


EK Sorc ? Dragon Disciple ? Alchemist ?

let me firste get through this life of bard.
And I did get the "thankyou" code so I should have some epic content to make it to 30

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

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Early levels of my TR2 - But I may have build something that isn't going to work?
Or maybe I can salvage it, surely I could?

 

[Green_Draconis]

I really love the idea of swashbuckling but it still ends up relying on melee. Light armor or no armor can be a little squishy even with displacement and some PRR and 30%+ dodge in epics.

 

[Coffey]

Bards are fast characters when they get to the later levels. The buff to movement speed from Swashbuckler stacks with other sources such as a 30% movement augment Topaz of Striding, Expeditious Retreat spell or Anger's Step boots from the quest Sacrifices at Korthos Island. If you arent using the spell Expeditious Retreat then you could quickly farm up a few pairs of Anger's Step boots to speed up your journey a lot.

On a character without expeditious retreat i use the angers step boots until level 8 when i switch to the topaz of striding.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

Bards are fast characters when they get to the later levels. The buff to movement speed from Swashbuckler stacks with other sources such as a 30% movement augment Topaz of Striding, Expeditious Retreat spell or Anger's Step boots from the quest Sacrifices at Korthos Island. If you arent using the spell Expeditious Retreat then you could quickly farm up a few pairs of Anger's Step boots to speed up your journey a lot.

On a character without expeditious retreat i use the angers step boots until level 8 when i switch to the topaz of striding.

Yeah, I suspect I will be moving faster than ever. Although speed is not the problem, dying is!

 

[Coffey]

Yeah, I suspect I will be moving faster than ever. Although speed is not the problem, dying is!

Bards can be a bit on the squishy side lol. Using mobs to body block other mobs helps a lot. Dont let mobs surround you especially when you are hitting one target at a time SWF most of the time. At least until you get spinning ice.

Healing takes more investment to be effective too.

 

[Coffey]

I was also going to mention Boast: Sing a Song to gain (25/50/100) Temporary hit points. Its in the warchanter tree tier 2.

 

[Solarpower]

Although speed is not the problem, dying is!

Don't play solo ? It's an MMO game after all.
Everyone [suppose to ] loves Bard's buffs.

 

[Solarpower]

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Also, +8 Tome will give you +8 at level 22. So whatever you've planned during the stream (what was that ?) something like "I buy +8 tome and get STR for the feat without spending points to STR" won't work. As usual, DDO does not work as you think it would.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

Also, +8 Tome will give you +8 at level 22. So whatever you've planned during the stream (what was that ?) something like "I buy +8 tome and get STR for the feat without spending points to STR" won't work. As usual, DDO does not work as you think it would.

was just musing on ways to get 17 str for a feat if I ever wanted to go 2hander on a non str build.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

My TR2 journey continues.
I do find it very diffult to find a good questing "path"
Most guides assume you have all content.

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[Hobgoblin]

was just musing on ways to get 17 str for a feat if I ever wanted to go 2hander on a non str build.

its basically you have to put some into str but not all like a str build

 

[Solarpower]

was just musing on ways to get 17 str for a feat if I ever wanted to go 2hander on a non str build.

Yes. And you'll still need to put some point into STR. + Ability Tome won't save you there.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

You know, maybe this bard build just isn't for me yet. am I just spoiled by the Wiz EK?
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[WolfsGoRawr]

I'm loving the passive buffs these warchanter / wash boys get for themselves and others. But staying alive is ROUGH compared to my EK builds I did. I'm starting to feel spoiled after my EK / Wiz palemaster combo for almost every aspect of the game lol

 

[Hobgoblin]

I'm loving the passive buffs these warchanter / wash boys get for themselves and others. But staying alive is ROUGH compared to my EK builds I did. I'm starting to feel spoiled after my EK / Wiz palemaster combo for almost every aspect of the game lol

try using fascinate and some cc.

 

[Col Kurtz]

Yeah, I suspect I will be moving faster than ever. Although speed is not the problem, dying is!

after time you'll see ddo survival depends on avoiding damage as much as mitigating it.

get jiggy with your sidestep and circle of death

focus on dodge/Prr/Mrr

the single target Otto Dance works like 90% of the time or better, use that on Orange names and Champs and Reapers

Have fun!

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

I really love the idea of swashbuckling but it still ends up relying on melee. Light armor or no armor can be a little squishy even with displacement and some PRR and 30%+ dodge in epics.

yeah my EK at least at mage armor and shields with improvements and a lot more sustain and health to go with. Its been challenging to adjust.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

try using fascinate and some cc.

I'm freezing the enemies a lot, even with the AOE cleave now too.
But reapers are being stubborn when it comes to being frozen and hit like trucks.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

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The "staying alive" struggle on my bard continues, ill figure it out at some point, trust!