(08-17-2013, 11:15 AM)Aysun Wrote:(08-17-2013, 10:40 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: PIE controls MP pool size. Unless bard songs burn a lot of MP, I wouldn't stick anything there.
That is exactly what they do. When you have a song up, it drains your MP. When you are out of MP, the song disappears. It's a spell of sorts.
That said, I am still undecided on where to allocate my points at the moment too! DEX for damage is desirable, but I'm not sure how much PIE will help, or if having that song up a little longer is worth the sacrifice of damage. Having a song up causes -20% DPS from the Bard, as well.
(08-17-2013, 11:30 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: Huh! Good to know.If they burn a lot of MP relative to your MP regen or MP pool size (since larger pools produce a higher regen rate, regen of MP and HP being a flat percentage), then PIE starts to make sense. I'm not familiar with the bard song effects, but if we're talking about something where it adds 10% DPS net to the entire party versus losing 20% to your damage, the song may be more effective than your own DPS.
Interestingly, the exact effect of PIE seems to scale with level; it looks like 1 point of PIE = level / 2 MP, but I have a limited sample size of levels for that analysis.
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Currently two of the songs we know Bards have regenerate. One regenerate MP, the other regenerates TP.
Now, Bards are not a DPS-focused class.. They are DPS/Support. Dragoons and Pugilists are your main physical damage dealers.
With that said, would it be more beneficial to a raid/PvE styled environment to have some points invested into PIE so you can restore the MP/TP of the other DPS/healers in your group/party/raid/etc.Â
That is what I am wondering. More MP means longer song duration, which in turn means more MP or TP for the other group members.Â
I'm not sure how much MP you would get for putting a point into PIE, though.. And as I am not sure if you can reset your attribute points I am not willing to risk investing them into it.
Currently I have 6 points in DEX and a few unspent because I don't know what the ideal build is.
I think it is reasonably safe to assume it will either be Full DEX, or a 70% DEX - 30% PIE kind of spread..
But like I said, I didn't play 1.0 and I have no idea what I am talking about really xD it is all just speculation.
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