obv you need sos and purge, but what levels and in which order?

MoF 2? Aug dex 3? 4?

MoC 1?

purge3 asap.

No need for mof2 imo.

Purge3
sos
moc
mcl

purge 2 -> sos1 -> purge 3 -> mcl1 -> moc1 imho....then whatever you want

mcl is almost useless. Take a mana barrel - it's available every minute and you can save 5 points

serenity1 (cheap and worth it)
purge2 (later go for 3)
augdex 2 (later 3)
mof 1 (if you go for 47 music, if lower, you need at least mof2)

SOS is a bit overrated imo. This makes much sense with a good grp where all are in the same teamspeak, or for running into a keep. But otherwise it's almost ever useless because people most times don't get the timing right.

long wind maybe
moc1 so you can switch on endu and heal even if you get attacked

mcl isn't useless believe me :p

imo replace MCL with sere

so MCL2 = sere3 or spend 5 points more for sere4

sere 4 + pom charge = <3 power regen

nixian wrote:imo replace MCL with sere

so MCL2 = sere3 or spend 5 points more for sere4

sere 4 + pom charge = <3 power regen

You really don't seem to have any bard RA experience do you.

MCL is something u take after MoC1, Purge3, SoS1, AugDex2 (3 later on), MoF1, LW1.

MCL2 is a waste of points on a bard, just like sere3 or 4.

talking from eld experience..

personally I find mcl worthless on toons that should be in combat 24/7

nixian wrote:talking from eld experience..

personally I find mcl worthless on toons that should be in combat 24/7

Reg specced Bards shouldn't be. ^^

why spec a bard reg? a bard is a rupter and CCer not a healer (atleast not in FGs)

Thalien wrote:purge3 asap.

No need for mof2 imo.

Purge3
sos
moc
mcl

just /sign,
as marialea is (or has been) one of the most active and best bards, just trust her there

mcl is not useless!
(wow spend millions of gold for pom4 barrel +mana pots -.- great suggestion for a low rr/new bard)

nixi: depends on which grp (players and setting) i did very well with reg specc in cppt grps as our druids rupted as well AND same rupt with yellow Ae mezz, no?

Zappo wrote:mcl is not useless!
(wow spend millions of gold for pom4 barrel +mana pots -.- great suggestion for a low rr/new bard)

barrel + mcl totally necessary. mcl is usable in every fight. there are always times when you have to kite someone and get out of combat.

zid wrote:

Zappo wrote:mcl is not useless!
(wow spend millions of gold for pom4 barrel +mana pots -.- great suggestion for a low rr/new bard)

barrel + mcl totally necessary. mcl is usable in every fight. there are always times when you have to kite someone and get out of combat.

Had it on my bard on life, but you need to be out of combat for almost 10 seconds before you can use it. So it's (on life!) essentially not usable during a fight. Is this behaving different here?

I play my bard without mcl, and very rarely have mana problems. A mana barrel doesn't cost the world and is usable every minute. You will definitly earn more money in rvr as you can spend for mana barrels at least ^^
For those 5 points you can get yourself Ameliorating Melodies 1 which I use pretty frequently. AM2 is uber anyway

for my experience of am1, is pretty useless (am2 is nice!)
and i agree u WILL have the time for activate mcl, i use it every fight nvm on druid or bard.
well its kinda depending on ur playstyle and your group i think...

playing bard 50 for over a year now here and i had purge3+sos+mcl from the very beginning (its clearly another thing with a set grp! but for most pugs u just need purge3 which requires rr5+ for the other ra's)

now im 6l2 and i NOW i got moc, rly, i didnt need it before to win with good group - but as i said, depends on your playstyle as it seems you got bard experiences