ToK instrument post
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Allielyn
*Pony*
Oh, sorry Iae. I mixed up Felyn's claim of it being "borderline broken" with your incredulity and assumed you both felt the same way. Now he's saying it's worthless. (Still without seeing it. . .). Nothing to see here, move along.
As to your question, why now?
Because there is an itemization hole in actual instruments that drop. (Coda is not an instrument, it's an item with an instrument mod, just as is every other instrument mod item past the poair tambourine).
Will other instruments be released between the tiers? I don't know. You recognize it has to be balanced it without making it overpowered for kiting bards, which is what your initial concern seemed to be. There's also the problem that real instruments are terribly specialized and will rot after the first time they drop, so not all players are wild about them being on a loot table. Also, other instruments (non-percussion) are dodgy at best, due to the fact that so many of our songs are completely unmodified by instruments.
In any case, I'm pleased at the chance to diversify my dps abilities. Much like I'd advocate more high damage high delay piercers (18 and 19 damage? o gosh!) for those rogues that like high BS numbers (that do the same dps as low damage low delay piercers in the same tier), I'd love to see a lot more more actual instrument itemization. Diversity is fun.
Although first, I would like to see more songs affected by instrument mods >=(.
P.S. Don't do it Regasin!
As to your question, why now?
Because there is an itemization hole in actual instruments that drop. (Coda is not an instrument, it's an item with an instrument mod, just as is every other instrument mod item past the poair tambourine).
Will other instruments be released between the tiers? I don't know. You recognize it has to be balanced it without making it overpowered for kiting bards, which is what your initial concern seemed to be. There's also the problem that real instruments are terribly specialized and will rot after the first time they drop, so not all players are wild about them being on a loot table. Also, other instruments (non-percussion) are dodgy at best, due to the fact that so many of our songs are completely unmodified by instruments.
In any case, I'm pleased at the chance to diversify my dps abilities. Much like I'd advocate more high damage high delay piercers (18 and 19 damage? o gosh!) for those rogues that like high BS numbers (that do the same dps as low damage low delay piercers in the same tier), I'd love to see a lot more more actual instrument itemization. Diversity is fun.
Although first, I would like to see more songs affected by instrument mods >=(.
P.S. Don't do it Regasin!
Spiritplx
Dalayan Elder
Allielyn said:
Spiritplx said:
Pretty sure I never said it was worthless. But yes, my initial reaction of seeing a drum with a 3.1 mod led me to believe it was broken as this would allow us to do a lot more damage on kites (1150ish dmage a tick on one mob, for free? sign me up). Not sure how it would be hard to see why people would think its REALLY good when we just see the mod and not the instrument. Of course we are going to say things from the information we have heard since we are not hearing the rest of it. Lawling at me because I think a drum with a 3.1 mod is too good is pretty lawl itself.
I still stick to what I said, if you cannot kite with it, then what is the point? You even said yourself that melee dps is way better.
EDIT: Okay, the drum makes us do some pretty mean ranged DPS, so I can see that being balanced if it has innate snare or whatever.
