Lamia Harp?

[Rekiem]

Im curious about this instrument. Its a lv 44 Harp with no bonus for anything.
Anyone got some info on this instrument. What makes it any good?

[sudo]

I don't know what it does either but I got a guess

notice that there are currently no instruments that give a buff to mages ballad

the lv 1 flute has no buffs

the flute +1 has a +1 to requiem

I'm going to throw out a wild card and say that if some lucky sob makes a lamina harp +1 that it will have a ballad +1 on it

and that it will sell for 3,000,000 at the jeuno AH

[grunion]

that's a good guess :D i would bet 100 gil on that answer

[mIze]

Originally posted by sudo
and that it will sell for 3,000,000 at the jeuno AH

Nah, the reason Mary's Horn or any debuff +1 sells well is just for that reason, to stick debuffs more consistently or for longer durations. Ballad +1 won't have that much of an effect, it's a -constant- static number, always 1/3 sec for 1 and 2/3 sec for 2. Maybe the duration would be longer but hardly worth carrying around in place of a Mary's/Madrigal +1/+CHR instrument. Minuet and Madrigal can gain higher buff values as you go up in CHR and skill, where Ballad cannot.

[Gak912]

Originally posted by sudo
I'm going to throw out a wild card and say that if some lucky sob makes a lamina harp +1 that it will have a ballad +1 on it

and that it will sell for 3,000,000 at the jeuno AH

Except that harp is a prize from a bastok quest, and can't be synthesized through guild.

Originally posted by mIze
...it's a -constant- static number, always 1/3 sec for 1 and 2/3 sec for 2. Maybe the duration would be longer but hardly worth carrying around in place of a Mary's/Madrigal +1/+CHR instrument.

With the Ebony Harp (lv60, Paeon+1), I get 1 extra HP per tick than I do playing Paeon without the Ebony Harp equipped. So I would assume a Ballad+ instrument (if there ever is one) would work in the same manner. Even if it only extended the duration of Ballad, it would still be a worthwhile purchase. A good bard should have many instruments available, you shouldn't have to resort to only taking a certain amount of instruments with you due to lack of space. I would suggest doing the Goblin Bag quests so you can maximize the amount of instruments you can carry.

[mIze]

Paeons also go up in HP regen value as you level, or as you get more instrument/sing skill and CHR (not sure which causes this though). I know ballad I never goes past 1 mp/1 sec as you level. That's why I phrase it as a static number. Paeon II currently gives me 3 hp/3 sec at 46, whereas it only gave 2 at 15.

[SyNapSe]

I would like to know what the Lamia Harp does also. I heard it was good for synthesizing?

[Gak912]

Not always static

Ballad used to grow in strength just like Paeon did, however this was changed in a patch. Although, with the power of Ballad back then, parties were too overpowered with mages rarely having to rest.