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Question - Post Dicho Nerf Bard inis?

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Just curious what kind of twists / AAs are you guys running post Dicho nerf?

I was complacent and just twisting Nilsaria's Aria/Chorus of Sionache/Aria of Maetanrus/Arcane Melody + Dicho every 1 minute.

Now of course Dicho is near useless plus it eats endurance which BRDs have a problem regaining.

So I guess I could add a regen aura + targeted Rallying Cry for someone in group.

What else to optimize?
 
I took Maskoi's awesome ini and swapped chorus of sinoachie back into the line-up. I removed Fjilnauk's Spiteful Lyric.

I figure more mana for my wiz and mage was more important than the damage add from spiteful.
 
I'm still using basically the same lineup when I'm not doing long term grinds except I replaced Dicho with Crescendo. Haste aura for pets/swarm pets, Aria/Warmarch/Arcane/Spiteful Lyric/Chorus.

For long grinds I'm experimenting with regen aura. Seems to be more benefit than haste aura because my Wizard continuing to nuke is a lot more DPS than some pet flurries.
 
I took Maskoi's awesome ini and swapped chorus of sinoachie back into the line-up. I removed Fjilnauk's Spiteful Lyric.

I figure more mana for my wiz and mage was more important than the damage add from spiteful.

You should be able to twist that and still have chorus in. If you are keeping A Tune Stuck in your head up

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Testing this on my main group: They are all max AA'd so I'm in a farming spot that has decent breaks between pulls so there is almost no down time.
Once I roll these changes to my leveling groups I'll report back. Early findings can no longer get away with under geared caster DPS if you want to have a steady stream of mobs. I used to only gear Tank/CC/Healer and leave DPS in whatever level 80/90ish gear they had, or TBM group gear without augs until 105 when I'd buy them augs. Now I will likely gear everyone with TBM group gear ~lvl 90 w/ Augs.

I'm twisting 1-6
Single Twisting Slow / Pets
Regen Aura (Might be overkill)
Have Crescendo set to managroup|90

#1 Pulse
#2 Chorus
#3 Arcane
#4 Aria
#5 Nilsara's
#6 War March

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I also have a group that is: Tank/CLR/ENC/WIZ/WIZ/WIZ --- short version: I dropped one of the wizards for a bard, I've since swapped the bard out for the original wizard.
I'm comparing the dps of dropping the bard. Doing this means I lose the buffs & mez... My enchanter can no longer run MQ2AFNuke & Mez effeciently, so he'll see a slight dip as well. If the single wizard can make up for the buff loss and enc dps loss, it will be the comp I run.

My later comp that I've fallen in love with has been:

Tank/CLR/BRD/DRU/+2DPS -- may reconsider Bard -> Enc swaps across the board... I have 9 or 10 bards so I can experiment.

2DPS variations I've used: 2x WIZ (Obvi) | 2x BER | 2xBST | 1BST & 1BER | 1BST & 1ROG| 2x MAG

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Rich (BB code):
[General]
KissAssistVer=9.1.2
Role=Assist
CampRadius=30
CampRadiusExceed=400
ReturnToCamp=1
ChaseAssist =0
ChaseDistance=25
MedOn=1
MedStart=65
MedCombat=0
LootOn=1
RezAcceptOn=1
AcceptInvitesOn=1
GroupWatchOn=1
EQBCOn=1
IRCOn=0
MiscGem=12
HoTTOn=1
TwistOn=1
TwistMed=0
TwistWhat=1 2 3 4 5 6
CampfireOn=1
CastingInterruptOn=0
CharInfo=Bard|105

[Buffs]
BuffsOn=1
Buffs1=Selo's Sonata|me
Buffs2=Tune Stuck in Your Head
Buffs3=Aura of Sionachie|Aura
Buffs4=Rallying Call|endgroup|25
Buffs5=Silisia's Lively Crescendo|managroup|90
Buffs6=Rallying Call|end|25
Buffs7=NULL
Buffs8=NULL
Buffs9=NULL
Buffs10=NULL
Buffs11=NULL
Buffs12=NULL
Buffs13=NULL
Buffs14=NULL
Buffs15=NULL
Buffs16=NULL
Buffs17=NULL
Buffs18=NULL
Buffs19=NULL
Buffs20=NULL
RebuffOn=1
CheckBuffsTimer=20
PowerSource=NULL

[Melee]
AssistAt=95
MeleeOn=1
FaceMobOn=1
MeleeDistance=45
StickHow=loose
AutoFireOn=0
MeleeTwistOn=1
MeleeTwistWhat=Continuous
UseMQ2Melee=0

[AE]
AEOn=1
AERadius=40
AE1=Burn|3
AE2=NULL
AE3=NULL
AE4=NULL
AE5=NULL
AE6=NULL
AE7=NULL
AE8=NULL
AE9=NULL
AE10=NULL

[DPS]
DPSOn=2
DPSSkip=1
DPSInterval=2
DPS1=Vainglorious Shout|99|Once
DPS2=Requiem of Time|98|Once
DPS3=Plague of the Piper|97
DPS4=Selo's Kick|95
DPS5=Lyrical Prankster|94
DPS6=Banestrike|93
DPS7=Fierce Eye|90
DPS8=NULL
DPS9=NULL
DPS10=NULL
DPS11=NULL
DPS12=NULL
DPS13=NULL
DPS14=NULL
DPS15=NULL
DebuffAllOn=0
DPS16=NULL
DPS17=NULL
DPS18=NULL
DPS19=NULL
DPS20=NULL

[Heals]
Help=Format Spell|% to heal at i.e. Devout Light Rk. II|50
HealsOn=0
Heals1=NULL
Heals2=NULL
Heals3=NULL
Heals4=NULL
Heals5=NULL
XTarHeal=0
HealGroupPetsOn=0
XTarHeal2=0

[Cures]
CuresOn=0
Cures=NULL
Cures1=NULL
Cures2=NULL
Cures3=NULL
Cures4=NULL
Cures5=NULL

[Mez]
MezOn=1
MezRadius=50
MezMinLevel=50
MezMaxLevel=108
MezStopHPs=85
MezSpell=Slumber of Silisia
MezAESpell=Wave of Torpor|3

[Burn]
BurnText=BURN IT DOWN
Burn1=Quick Time
Burn2=Fierce Eye
Burn3=Dance of Blades
Burn4=Bladed Song
Burn5=Funeral Dirge
Burn6=Cacophony
Burn7=Lyrical Prankster
Burn8=Flurry of Notes
Burn9=Fundament: Second Spire of the Minstrels
Burn10=Song of Stone
Burn11=NULL
Burn12=NULL
Burn13=NULL
Burn14=NULL
Burn15=NULL
BurnAllNamed=1
UseTribute=0

[Pull]
PullWith=Boastful Bellow
MaxRadius=800
MaxZRange=300
PullWait=5
PullMyHPs=25
PullTwistOn=0
PullRoleToggle=0
ChainPull=1
ChainPullHP=50
ChainPullPause=30|2
PullLevel=0|0
PullPath=NULL

[AFKTools]
AFKHelp=AFKGMAction=0 Off, 1 Pause Macro, 2 End Macro, 3 Unload MQ2, 4 Quit Game
AFKToolsOn=0
AFKGMAction=4
AFKPCRadius=150
CampOnDeath=0
ClickBacktoCamp=1

[Merc]
Help=To use: Turn off Auto Assist in Manage Mercenary Window
MercOn=1
MercAssistAt=95

[SpellSet]
LoadSpellSet=0
SpellSetName=KissAssist

[Aggro]
AggroOn=0
Aggro1=NULL
Aggro2=NULL
Aggro3=NULL
Aggro4=NULL
Aggro5=NULL

[MySpells]
Gem1 =Pulse of Sionachie Rk. II
Gem2 =Chorus of Sionachie Rk. II
Gem3 =Arcane Melody Rk. II
Gem4 =Aria of Maetanrus Rk. II
Gem5 =Nilsara's Aria
Gem6 =War March of Jocelyn Rk. II
Gem7 =Silisia's Lively Crescendo
Gem8 =Plague of the Piper Rk. II
Gem9 =Wave of Torpor Rk. II
Gem10 =Slumber of Silisia Rk. II
Gem11 =Requiem of Time
Gem12 =Aura of Sionachie Rk. II

[GMail]
GMailHelp=Events currently support - Dead,GM,Level,Named,Leftgroup
GMailOn=0
GMail1=NULL
GMail2=NULL
GMail3=NULL
GMail4=NULL
GMail5=NULL
 
Yes this
Buffs2=Tune Stuck in Your Head
It was not in my original bard ini but has been added. Its like 8 min up 3 min down with max aas.
 
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