Yes you can twist mana song and heal song! I didn't know it before, but
heal song actually lasts 3 ticks too like most other songs. I think the
same goes with mana song, but it would be hard to tell. So what I do is
bring out my lute to play the heal song. As soon as it starts, stop and
play the mana song for 2 ticks, go back to heal song for one tick, mana for
2 ticks. Works really well for me.
One side effect of mana song is that the healers will heal less. Since now
they can regen mana fast, they start to nuke instead of heal. Instead of
conserving mana, they want to see who can do the most damage to the critter!
>On another subject, I'm wondering what the best strategy for using the
>mana song is.
>Should I even play it at all during combat? If I'm in a group of casters
>with only 1 tank, I usually do play the song. Or if someone says OOM
>during combat I'll begin to sing it and tell them that the song is on
>and they should stay near me. But I'm wondering how effective this is.
>Also while resting, everyone tells me to play the mana song, even if
>everyone has like 2 bubbles of life, which is fine if there's a healer
>or 2 in the group. But most of the time, because I'm singing the mana
>song instead of the healing song, everyone in the group is left with 4
>bubbles of life.. instead of full life. The priests (clerics, druids,
>shaman) never heal everyone up to full health. They always leave
>everyone with 4 bubbles or 4 and a half bubbles of life remaining. And
>before I got the mana song, I always kept the entire group at full life,
>but I find that hard to do nowadays since "FM" now translates into
>"Incoming!". Usually this seems more efficient if your group can easily
>handle the stuff you're fighting, but sometimes something goes wrong and
>you're left wondering "Maybe if we all had full life before battle?"
>Also, at first, I used to juggle healing song with mana song, but this
>isnt very effective for mana regeneration since it seems that the mana
>increases only when you see the text message "Your mind clears" instead
>of there being an icon that lasts for 3 ticks after the song kicks in.
>Any pointers on the strategy for using this song most effectively during
>or after combat?
>I'd be most interested in how ye other bards handle this.
>
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