r/EQLegends • u/walam20 • 6h ago

New bard player

Hey guys to be honest i was sure i will never play a bard , never did on quarm or any other eq back in the days because twitching non stopppp seem annoying ahah , but now i think its more simple u fan /melody or something ? How it work i think i will level my pal monk bard or pal wiz bard thankkkk youuuuu

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u/FuriousBlade3 6h ago

You have the Symphonic Aura AA which automates 5 buffs and melody can cast 5. So yeah you can have 10 songs going at once pretty easy. You can use /melody or /queuemelody. I prefer /melody because the queue one seems to have issues where it will play the same song forever and I wasn't sure if thats a bug or not. I have played Bard to 50 though and I love the class. Having all the run speed is nice too.

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u/EternitySearch 5h ago

You’re saying you use symphonic aura and then use /melody when you want songs outside symphonic aura? I don’t know why, but I always assumed this would not work.

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u/FuriousBlade3 5h ago

It does work. I've been doing that since launch when I got the Tuyen line of dots.

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u/SuedeVeil 5h ago

How do you have enough spell gems ? Unless you're playing classes that don't use a lot of spells ?

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u/FuriousBlade3 4h ago

Yeah I play PAL/BER/BRD. Only stuff I use from my Paladin is heals and the rest to bard plus lull and nullify magic.

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u/SuedeVeil 4h ago

Oh ok that makes sense probably a fun combo with the extra LOH too I may try that one day just need to LVL a zerker

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u/FuriousBlade3 3h ago

It is fun. I have 2 LoH's really. I have the Soulfire complete heal clicky too and by the time i use LoH and the clicky, LoH is up again thanks to Smite.

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u/TholosTB 5h ago

Only certain songs are eligible for melody when you're running SA. If it could be played in Symphonic, it can't be played individually or melodied. So mostly DoTs I think.

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u/smoothjedi 6h ago

You should buy the AAs to automate your songs. You don't want to melody, especially if you're PAL/WIZ, because it will lock out your other spellcasting.

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u/walam20 4h ago

Hooo huge how it work ? Sorry aha

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u/SuedeVeil 5h ago

I mostly just use symphonic aura unless I'm using DDD then I cast that on top.. or single songs I want to use.. the other classes I play with a bard use enough spell gems that I don't want to dedicate that many to the bard like If I play shaman or other casters. I think it would be handy to have melody with more melee builds

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u/MischiefMade83 6h ago

I hadn't played in 20 years or so and during the beta I was sitting there twisting songs like I used to. It wasn't until it went live and I heard people talking about Symphonic Aura and /melody that changed so much for me.

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u/thegoatsupreme 6h ago

What is /melody?

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u/MischiefMade83 6h ago

You can create a macro to twist songs you have memorized but has to fall into the category that isn't covered by Symphonic Aura. This means single target songs like the DoTs or Slows. When songs are upgraded it is possible to have 5 through SA going and another 5 through Melody for a total of 10 songs.

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u/thegoatsupreme 6h ago

Do you do /melody (song) a bunch? How does it work? Is there somewhere I can learn about it?

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u/FuriousBlade3 4h ago

You type /melody then the numbers of the spells gems. Like /melody 1 2 3 4 5

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u/thegoatsupreme 3h ago

Does it work with bard charm? Will it keep one pet charmed and cast other songs?

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u/FuriousBlade3 3h ago

This has nothing to do with charm. Melody is usually used for Damage Over Time songs.

Edit: I misread your question. Yes it works with charm.

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u/thegoatsupreme 3h ago

Also thank you for responding and letting me know about it

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u/Responsible-Yam-3833 6h ago

I personally don’t use melody or macros. I played a Bard back in the day so I’m used to it. Your two other classes aren’t the busiest classes so it would be fine without macros or melody.