The one thing missing from Update 7

[Zadkiele]

(ok, 2 things if you count Druids - but I get the feeling those are coming, unlike this...)

So, update 7 has a huge pile of things we've been after for ages. New Races, the compendium bug fixed, dragontouch rune identification, new PRCs, etc, etc, etc... Loads of fantastic stuff, and I can't wait!

But, to my mind, there's one thing that players have been crying out for for years that's constantly been ignored, never even commented on officially.

Bardic Music.

The current implementation, frankly, sucks. I'm not talking about the game balance, the song effects, I'm talking about the music - the game audio.

At the very least we need more variety than the 3-4 tunes we hear over and over and over and over and over and over again. When you've heard the same snippet of music 100 times it starts to get old. When you've heard it 1000 times, it starts to get annoying. When you've heard it 10,000 times you start to 'forget' to cast deathward on the Bard...

Ideally, we need a 'proper' music system, like you have in LOTRO. Give us the ABC system and let bards play music freestyle - who needs the brothers doing their show in the marketplace when a bunch of player bards can give us their own show!

And let us bind ABC files to bard songs, so each bard can customise what their songs sound like. If you can't do this part (making them last the right amount of time could be tricky) then at least let us play freestyle or via ABC files.

Zad.

[P1rat3cat]

Make it 3

3- Fix the THF line as it is completely useless as of update 5.

[azrael4h]

Make it 3

3- Fix the THF line as it is completely useless as of update 5.

Hey, that's three freed feat slots on any THF characters, allowing for more useful stuff. Like Lightning Reflexes perhaps? (/sarcasm)

[CrescentCalling_5]

/signed

I'm tired of hearing the same bardic music over and over again >>

but honestly, just 2? just 3?

how about all the PrE's they haven't finished? >>

[Razcar]

A little bird whispered in my ear that this will be coming. Something akin to the LotRO-system. I don't know when, only that it was in the long-time plans for DDO.

[CrescentCalling_5]

A little bird whispered in my ear that this will be coming. Something akin to the LotRO-system. I don't know when, only that it was in the long-time plans for DDO.

-kidnaps the birdie-

^-^

[TheDearLeader]

A little bird whispered in my ear that this will be coming. Something akin to the LotRO-system. I don't know when, only that it was in the long-time plans for DDO.

I will do unspeakable things to this birdie.

...And then when satisfied, I'll ask it for more details about this.

One thing that I *will* say about the current songs - Most Vet players know the sound of a fascinate in the works, and know not to swing at EEEEVERYTHING. That's kinda nice, when it actually works. Of course, I also tend to communicate over party chat stuff like that, such as "Hey, Fascinating."

New tunes would be cool. I wonder how many Turbine Points they'll gouge-... cost us.

[Aesop]

for those talking about thf line there is some changes going into that

Barb Capstone fix has been mentioned as in

THF line changes as well. Its just a straight damage increase and Effect Proc increase now.

Damage base for Glancing BLows of 20% +10% per Feat and 3% per Feat for chance at weapon effect Procs

I believe it was 10% damage for Capstone as well and 5% Weapon Procs


Aesop

[Alabore]

Ideally, we need a 'proper' music system, like you have in LOTRO. Give us the ABC system and let bards play music freestyle.
And let us bind ABC files to bard songs, so each bard can customise what their songs sound like. If you can't do this part (making them last the right amount of time could be tricky) then at least let us play freestyle or via ABC files.

/signed.

...

I'd likely use snippets from Amiga's Bard's Tale I.
Been planning to for ages.

[Khanyth]

Fixing the barb capstone would be nice too

[MarkusWolfe]

Fixing the barb capstone would be nice too

What are you talking about? The barb capstone is great! Sure, it might not be as strong as the other capstones, but hey, that would be an augmentation instead of a fixing.

As for more bardic songs, /signed.

[RoelHeeswijk]

Personally I'd kiss their feet already if they just gave Ironskin Chant a different tune.
I'm not much of a graphics/audio lover, but being able to tell one song from another serves a gameplay purpose.
Also reusing the rage icon for it is nice as a placeholder in alpha testing, but my amazement over how it got released like that is only surpassed by my amazement that it never got fixed.
I love that manager who prioritizes yet another new 3D monster model over fixing a handful of 32x32 pixel icons.

[chaos_master]

And a bit more variety in tavern tunes, dare I suggest even having more than 1 tune per tavern, will be much appreciated