Originally Posted by Malacite  |
| Except that both are on 20 minute timers, and there are things like /RDM, Minstrel's Ring and Yigit Gomlek/Sha'ir Manteel for a reason. |
You're missing the point. It doesn't matter what gear you apply. The point is that with Nightingale, you get half as much time loss due to singing. Alliance time loss is multiplicative across the number of parties you are buffing. You can say whatever you like, but the point I'm making is that if you're meriting Troubadour there is
no reason not to modify it with Nightingale.
Assume we have 15 DDs all using two-hand weapons with about 4 second delay and the damage differential between buffed and unbuffed is 20 damage per swing. If you lose 4 seconds buff time per party because you don't feel like meriting Nightingale, that's 3 * 4 = 12 seconds then you have lost 15 * 20 * 4 = 1200 damage.
Second. If you have /RDM, Gomlek and Minstrel's Ring, then you are getting -50% casting time on bard songs. So instead of losing 8 seconds per spell (16 seconds per party) you are losing 4 seconds per spell (8 seconds per party) or a total of 4 * 3 = 12 seconds lost. It's less but it's still a loss.
Minstrel's Ring setup is also expensive especially if you have a Galka or Elvaan bard and need to invest significant amounts of time and money in Zenith gear to get a -25% swap setup. Of course, if you have the money it's great, but it's really hard to drop 25% HP on a Galka. A Galka BRD/RDM has a base hp of 1316 and has to drop 329 hp, minimum to drop below the point where he can use a Minstrel's Ring, so the build you are suggesting is not feasible for all Bards.