A question about bards and their lute loot

luciferblack

luciferblack

Dalayan Elder
I did a search for stringed instruments and didn't really find anything very recent, so I thought I'd ask for some bardly wisdom:

Do any bards 55+ use a lute for anything other than down time? I guess what I'm wondering is if it's worthwhile to use a lute for healing songs or does the benefit not offset the loss of dps from equipping 2 weapons or a flute/drum? It apparently doesn't affect the mana regen portion of the songs and only increases the hp regen.

Of all the groups I've ever been in, I don't recall any bards using a lute outside of like 30's or 40's groups.

Thanks in advance for any infos. :)
 
Probably because there's so many items that aren't a lute that have the stringed mod on them....

Wiki link

So, by the time you're able to raid tier 2-4, there's items to replace a lute, and no need to equip one. Even Cmal 3 has a drop (although with revamp, stats listed on Wiki are probably too low now).
 
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Keeping larger swarms locked down with snare from selo's assonant is all that really comes to mind. Maybe popping a lute in is worth it to pump the numbers on runic 2 but I doubt it.
 
Thanks for the quick reply. I realize there's a lot of instrument mods on non-instruments, but I'm more wondering if (barring your bard has a guitar sword) there is a reason to sacrifice dps for the extra healing.

My bard is only 56 and I've been hard pressed to find a reason to use a lute (and I have no instrument mods on other gear).
 
Thanks Rorne, was typing my other reply and didn't see your reply. I guess I forgot the snare was string based also.
 
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