-Total buff duration is equal to, (Bard's Persuasiveness * Song's Persuasiveness Scaling) * Buff Receiver's "Buff Duration"
-Since songs take some time to perform, the Bard needs anticipation to be played well. Song speed will scale with your Manual Dexterity stat, which is based on Dexterity.
-The Bard has access to many powerful songs. Considering bringing both Song Memory skills to maximize your versatility.
-Remember that not all of your buffing songs will buff your party. Some songs, such as Beats of Alacrity, Aria of Alacrity, and Ballad of Courage will only buff the Bard playing the song.
-Chaotic Discord is a great way to solo clean chaotic rooms. Mobs will kill each other while keeping the Bard safe. Can also be used as a protection if attacked by other players while in a room full of mobs.
-Peacemaking can be a powerful temporisation tool, but beware of ranged attackers outside of its AoE. The song is quite long to play, so beginning it before the encounter is recommended. It also will not disable spellcasters.
-Accelerando is a powerful tool both for fleeing and engaging.
-Tranquility is a reusable heal, but depends on the quantity of Recoverable Health. In groups, it is most useful on high Health classes, like the Barbarian, or classes who generate a lot of Recoverable Health, like the Warlock.
-Shriek of Weakness can nearly double your party's physical damage against mobs, and can provide significant assistance against plated Fighters and Clerics.
-Chests opened with Unchained Harmony gives experience to the Bard. In theory, this would mean that Bard's Luck is used to generate the loot of the chests, however this is not confirmed.
2024/02/22 Early Access Hotfix #32
- Bard's Melodic Protection physical damage reduction changed from 15% → 30%.
- Bard's Din of Darkness range has been changed from 450 → 550.
- Bard's Piercing Shrill range has been changed from 450 → 550.
2024/01/05 Early Access Hotfix #27
- Bard's Aria of Alacrity tier changed from 4 → 1.
- Bard's Ballad of Courage tier changed from 3 → 1.
- Bard's Beats of Alacrity tier changed from 2 → 1.
- Bard’s Chaotic Discord tier changed from 1 → 3.
- Bard’s Harmonic Shield tier changed from 5 → 4.
- Bard’s Peacemaking tier changed from 1 → 3.
- Bard’s Shriek of Weakness tier changed from 4 → 3.
- Bard’s Song of Shadow tier changed from 2 → 3.
2023/12/21 Early Access Hotfix 25
- Bard's music performance has been updated to end as soon as the last note is played without requiring animation cancelling.
- Bard's songs' durations were not changed, however, the displayed duration was corrected to reflect that of their new default Persuasiveness of 15 as of Patch #2.
2023/11/22 Early Access Patch #2
- Bard's Rousing Rhythms all attribute bonus has been changed to 1/2/3 -> 2/2/2.
- 20 Resourcefulness -> 15 Resourcefulness. Songs now last 25% shorter at base.
2023/11/09 Early Access Hotfix #20
- Bard's Song of Silence range increased from 300/300/300 → 450/450/450.
- Bard's Song of Silence duration changed from 2s/4s/6s → 1s/1.5s/2s.
- Bard's Shriek of Weakness range increased from 300/300/300 → 450/450/450.
- Bard's Piercing Shrill range changed from 300/450/600 → 450/450/450.
- Bard's Piercing Shrill damage changed from 15/20/25 → 10/15/20.
- Bard's Piercing Shrill attribute ratio bonus changed from 0.1/0.3/0.5 → 1.0/1.0/1.0. Physical damage upgrades give significantly more damage than before.
- Bard's Din of Darkness now also displays an area when the effect occurs.
- Bard's Din of Darkness range changed from 300/450/600 → 450/450/450.
- Bard's Din of Darkness damage changed from 1/3/5 → 3/4/5.
- Bard's Din of Darkness attribute ratio bonus changed from 0.06/0.09/0.12 → 0.3/0.3/0.3. Magical damage upgrades gives more damage than before.
2023/11/03 Early Access Hotfix #19
- Bard’s base attributes updated. Strength 14 → 13, Will 7 → 8.
- Bard's Encore skill now plays the next song at the maximum song playing speed.
- Bard’s Shriek of Weakness AOE range changed from 300/450/600 → 300/300/300.
- Bard’s Song of Silence AOE range changed from 300/450/600 → 300/300/300, and now only silences all enemies instead of everyone.
- Bard’s Chorale of Clarity spell recharge interval changed from 3s → 2s, amount changed from 8 → 17.
- The Luck value given by Bard's Wanderer's Luck has been changed from 100 → 50.
2023/10/13 Early Access Hotfix #17
- Bard’s Allegro duration has been normalized to 8 seconds based on the Bard's default Persuasion of 20.
- Bard’s Accelerando has been changed to be affected by Persuasion and has also been normalized to 8 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
- Bard’s Aria of Alacrity's Action Speed reduced from 8/14/20% → 4/6/8%
- Bard’s Aria of Alacrity duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
- Bard’s Ballad of Courage duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
- Bard’s Beat of Alacrity duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
- Bard’s Beat of Alacrity's Additional Move Speed reduced from 5/10/15 → 5/7/9
- Bard’s Harmonic Shield duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
- Bard’s Harmonic Shield Cost increased from 4 → 5.
- Bard’s Unchained Harmony Cost increased from 3 → 5.
2023/10/05 Early Access Hotfix #15
- Bard's Beats of Alacrity additional MoveSpeed changed from 15/20/25 → 5/10/15.
- Bard's Harmonic Shield Armor Rating and Magic Resistance changed from 40/40 → 15/15.
2023/09/28 Early Access Hotfix #14
- Bard's Warsong range has been increased from 350 → 450.
- Bard's Story Teller range has been increased from 350 → 450.
2023/09/26 Early Access Patch #1
- Bard reworked to make the class more gear and attribute dependent.
2023/09/12 Early Access Hotfix #11
- Accelerando's duration decreased from 12s -> 8s, and movement speed boost decreased from 5/7/9 -> 3/5/7 movespeed
- Drum's movespeed penalty increased from -20 -> -30 movespeed
- Bard’s Song of Silence now targets ALL nearby targets including oneself.
- The effect radius of Bard’s Unchained Harmony has been changed from 600 -> 300.
- Bard’s Tranquility now heals 1 recoverable hp/s over 10/20/30 seconds.
- Bard’s Tranquility effect now only applies while resting.
- Bard’s Chorale of Clarity effect now only applies while resting.
2023/08/22 Early Access Hotfix #6
- Bard’s Din of Darkness's ‘Attribute Damage Ratio’ reduced from 10%/30%/50% to 6%/9%/12%.
2023/08/17 Early Access Hotfix #4
- Din of Darkness attribute application factor has been changed from 50%/50%/50% to 10%/30%/50%.
- Piercing Shrill's attribute application factor has been changed from 50%/50%/50% to 10%/30%/50%.
- Accelerando's added flat Move Speed per stack changed from 5/10/15 to 5/8/11
- Allegro's added flat Action Speed and Spell Casting Speed per stack from 5%/7%/9% to 3%/5%/7%.
- Harmonic Shield additional flat Armor Rating and Magic Resist Rating changed from +50 to +40.
2023/08/14 Early Access Hotfix #3
- Shriek of Weakness's AR Debuff nerfed from -30 / -45 / -60 to -10 / -25 / -40.
- Chorale of Clarity's Spell Recharge per second nerfed from 8 to 2.
2023/08/07 Early Access Launch
- Several new songs and perks added
2023/04/15 Alpha Playtest #5 Hotfix #1
- Fixed an issue where Bard's Tranquility was not properly healing players.
2023/04/14 Alpha Playtest #5 Launch
- Added to the game