The Bard is getting a lot of changes in this beta, so please let us know what you think about it!
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The Bard has received a significant rework of its base mechanics.
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The Bard’s marimba now has 7 notes instead of 5.
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Existing note patterns for instruments have all been re-worked to offer more variety and utilize all 7 notes.
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The music which played while the Bard was in combat has been removed in favor of just hearing the notes from the marimba itself.
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To de-activate an activated instrument, now you swipe your mallet down through the orb, rather than tapping it. Tapping it will only activate an empowered (crescendo-ready) instrument.
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Collision detection of playing notes has been re-worked to provide much better detection.
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Instrument of Cure Wounds has been implemented, providing a passive boon to nearby allies which increases their incoming healing from all sources, and a crescendo which greatly heals one nearby ally.
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The Bard’s Super Ability, Inspiration has been added. After activating the Super, the Bard will buff all nearby allies with Inspiration, which boosts damage done by 20% and healing received by 20%, for 12 seconds. Those buffed will also receive a debuff which persists through death for 5 minutes which will not allow them to receive the buff again until it expires.
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The Bard’s talents have been added:
- Acoustic Power: Increases the range of your smart heals by 10 meters.
- Reverberate: Increases the range of your passive beneficial effects by 5 meters.
- Song Shield: Your smart heals grant a small Temporary Shield to the affected target.
- Encouraging Note: Any ally affected by a pulse effect from your instruments deals 5% increased damage.
- Solo: Increases the healing of your own healing effects by 20%.
- Chorus: Your Instrument of Cure Wounds increases healing done from all sources by an additional 5% (10% total).
- Upbeat: Notes from your songs will play 10% more quickly.
- Sheet Music: Once every 10 seconds, you will receive credit for a note that you missed.
- Encore: Gives a chance for notes to become empowered, greatly increasing the charge of their crescendo when played.
- Symphony: You can activate an additional instrument, but the notes play at the same time as your existing instruments.