Or if the pet dont die very often… if you are a bard, you only need those skill as “realskill” then you can stack up with all kinds of +skill items. My tamer template uses 795pts.
May I ask if you have on your Template ALL 4 Bard skills maxed out at 120 in each (480 total) in order to Buff the pet's Regens for +22 for each one of them ?
Also, if so, with 480 skill points all taken by Bard skills, and having to have also Animal Taming and Animal Lore at 120 each, how do you handle for the necessary pet resses, heals and all the rest which a Tamer might need ?
I wasn't going to say anything, but since @ Mene_Drachenfels let it out of the bag!
The book makes it quite easy to put together 7x120 Bard templates. (or, dare I say, 8x 120 for one particular template, if you get the complimentary gear!)
Are you trying to say that the +20 Magery Book would help getting a Template with :
I find myself having a hard time seeing how one could get to 120 Magery as a 7th skill with items, considering that, in between the Book, Ring and Bracelet at most one could get to 60 Magery... where would one fit the other 60 Magery Skill points ?
Then, the 8th skill would even get more complicated since one could get 40 points on a ring and bracelet but where to get the additional 80 points ?
Or if the pet dont die very often… if you are a bard, you only need those skill as “realskill” then you can stack up with all kinds of +skill items. My tamer template uses 795pts.
Well, if only a 4 x 120 Bard REAL skills can use the Resilience Bard Mastery song to add +22 Regeneration points to each of a pet's Hit Points, Stamina and Mana Regenerations, at least for Bard skills, those cannot be on items...
Not sure if the Tamers' skills can be on items either to then more effectively be able to control one's own Pet....
Or if the pet dont die very often… if you are a bard, you only need those skill as “realskill” then you can stack up with all kinds of +skill items. My tamer template uses 795pts.
Well, if only a 4 x 120 Bard REAL skills can use the Resilience Bard Mastery song to add +22 Regeneration points to each of a pet's Hit Points, Stamina and Mana Regenerations, at least for Bard skills, those cannot be on items...
Not sure if the Tamers' skills can be on items either to then more effectively be able to control one's own Pet....
I dont have active bard, but according to uoguide having realskill in the bard skills only affects the mana upkeep not effectiness, havent tested myself.
ofc you can use skill items for taming/Lore before the masteries i was to lazy to train up taming i ran with +30 taming on jewels.
that noone so far, in this Thread, has been able to give me a reasonable and logical explaination of ?
The first answer was Bard Buffs... You do not accept any answers. Tamers still do fine in this dungeon. It is not like deceit where there were groups of mobs. I probably do WW twice an hour.
Or if the pet dont die very often… if you are a bard, you only need those skill as “realskill” then you can stack up with all kinds of +skill items. My tamer template uses 795pts.
Well, if only a 4 x 120 Bard REAL skills can use the Resilience Bard Mastery song to add +22 Regeneration points to each of a pet's Hit Points, Stamina and Mana Regenerations, at least for Bard skills, those cannot be on items...
Not sure if the Tamers' skills can be on items either to then more effectively be able to control one's own Pet....
I dont have active bard, but according to uoguide having realskill in the bard skills only affects the mana upkeep not effectiness, havent tested myself.
ofc you can use skill items for taming/Lore before the masteries i was to lazy to train up taming i ran with +30 taming on jewels.
I was my understanding that, ALL Masteries, in order to take skill points to benefit them (better efficacy), need for those skill points to be "real", not on items...
So, for example, having Animal Taming skill points on items, would reduce the efficacy of the Animal Taming Mastery, to my understanding....
that noone so far, in this Thread, has been able to give me a reasonable and logical explaination of ?
The first answer was Bard Buffs... You do not accept any answers. Tamers still do fine in this dungeon. It is not like deceit where there were groups of mobs. I probably do WW twice an hour.
We need more spawn on LS tho.
Sure it was YET, I was going with UO Wiki explaination of 2-8 points increase so, it did not make sense to me...
If 4 x 120 Bard Skills give +22 Regens in each of the 3 Regenerations as @ForeverFun mentioned that https://www.uoguide.com/Bard_Masteries indicates, then I need to imagine that the UO Wiki should get updated and contain the correct informations...
Or if the pet dont die very often… if you are a bard, you only need those skill as “realskill” then you can stack up with all kinds of +skill items. My tamer template uses 795pts.
Well, if only a 4 x 120 Bard REAL skills can use the Resilience Bard Mastery song to add +22 Regeneration points to each of a pet's Hit Points, Stamina and Mana Regenerations, at least for Bard skills, those cannot be on items...
Not sure if the Tamers' skills can be on items either to then more effectively be able to control one's own Pet....
I dont have active bard, but according to uoguide having realskill in the bard skills only affects the mana upkeep not effectiness, havent tested myself.
ofc you can use skill items for taming/Lore before the masteries i was to lazy to train up taming i ran with +30 taming on jewels.
I was my understanding that, ALL Masteries, in order to take skill points to benefit them (better efficacy), need for those skill points to be "real", not on items...
So, for example, having Animal Taming skill points on items, would reduce the efficacy of the Animal Taming Mastery, to my understanding....
Yes but you cant have 2 masteries active at the same time. For taming you get increased mana upkeep cost with less realskill, i still use some +taming skill items as i run in wraith form and leech mana back from the spell dmg i do to the mobs.
Remember its a game of compromises! We cant allways have everything…
All masteries that take skill into effect are calculated on real skill.
So, if one wants to get FULL benefit from a given Mastery, they should want to run the related skill for that Mastery with only real skill points, no skill points on items...
That is at least the way I always understood it works....
@kyronix , can you please clarify this once and for all ?
In relation to Masteries, what exactly do "real" skill points affect for that Mastery ?
The actual buffs which the Mastery provides as some players seem to indicate, or mere mana cost and upkeep as some other players seem to indicate ?
Thank you SO much for the much welcomed clarification.
All masteries that take skill into effect are calculated on real skill.
So, if one wants to get FULL benefit from a given Mastery, they should want to run the related skill for that Mastery with only real skill points, no skill points on items...
That is at least the way I always understood it works....
@ kyronix , can you please clarify this once and for all ?
In relation to Masteries, what exactly do "real" skill points affect for that Mastery ?
The actual buffs which the Mastery provides as some players seem to indicate, or mere mana cost and upkeep as some other players seem to indicate ?
Thank you SO much for the much welcomed clarification.
Why do you waste everyone's time trying to explain this to you if your asking a Dev now....
So, if one wants to get FULL benefit from a given Mastery, they should want to run the related skill for that Mastery with only real skill points, no skill points on items...
That is at least the way I always understood it works....
@ kyronix , can you please clarify this once and for all ?
In relation to Masteries, what exactly do "real" skill points affect for that Mastery ?
The actual buffs which the Mastery provides as some players seem to indicate, or mere mana cost and upkeep as some other players seem to indicate ?
Thank you SO much for the much welcomed clarification.
OMG why are you jumping on tangents? REAL Skill and primer III is needed to get the full benefits of Masteries.
That player was using real 480 bard skills. Bards don't need primers they are auto at all the masteries. He can use items to increase skills he is not using for masteries.
My 120 mage 120 Weaving 120 taming and lore can switch masteries to either one. I ate the III primers. Ten minute cool down.
Now, if so, that could make sense ALTHOUGH, this also means that such a tamer could only have on the Template (to the purpose of Masteries skills HAVE TO BE real skills, cannot be on items...):
No room for anything else, no Veterinary ro res a pet, no Spellweaving to use Gift of Life, no Magery to heal the pet if necessary and all that....
Sure, a little Magery could be on items but, not enough to be effective on healing a pet...
I mean, how many Tamers would run such a Template ?
No, you counting wrong. For 22 regen resilence you need 4*120 bard skills. Real skills, no jewels allowed. But to control Cu you need Animal Lore 108 (better be 110) and Animal Taming 108 (i use 112-113) . No need real skill here, with jewels is OK. And pet obeys you. 120 taming and lore are usefull only for running taming mastery Consume. Otherwise it is a waste of points. Which gives you plenty of room to squeeze 110-120 magery in this template (with jewels too) to hold swords of prosperity or Kotl rod, or whatever for self-defence and invis if needed. You cannot hide running resilence but it will often disattract mob.
+20 magery spellbook is no good here. You can have higher magery, but you will have no wrestling, (or no EvaInt +Anatomy) so any mongbat will hit you easy. I tried, everything hits you, poisons you and you are loosing stamina. And cannot run. And obtaining one more grey robe to your collection. . Way better to have some Mage weapon -0 with spell channel. Dont forget damage can interrupt bard song. Survivability is more important than little extra healing. Difference is not very big. At 93 Magery invis works 100% . This should be a milestone. Higher- good. Less mobs will hit you.
All masteries that take skill into effect are calculated on real skill.
So, if one wants to get FULL benefit from a given Mastery, they should want to run the related skill for that Mastery with only real skill points, no skill points on items...
That is at least the way I always understood it works....
@ kyronix , can you please clarify this once and for all ?
In relation to Masteries, what exactly do "real" skill points affect for that Mastery ?
The actual buffs which the Mastery provides as some players seem to indicate, or mere mana cost and upkeep as some other players seem to indicate ?
Thank you SO much for the much welcomed clarification.
Why do you waste everyone's time trying to explain this to you if your asking a Dev now....
Because I get conflicting indications from different players which it shows me, that the issue is yet to be clearly known....
And, in order for a Developer to "step in" and clarify the issue once and for all, I would guess that the Developer would also need to see how players are confused and divided on this matter....
Considering the importance of Masteries in the gameplay of Ultima Online, one would imagine that a final clarification from the Developers would be important, to all players' benefit.
Now, if so, that could make sense ALTHOUGH, this also means that such a tamer could only have on the Template (to the purpose of Masteries skills HAVE TO BE real skills, cannot be on items...):
No room for anything else, no Veterinary ro res a pet, no Spellweaving to use Gift of Life, no Magery to heal the pet if necessary and all that....
Sure, a little Magery could be on items but, not enough to be effective on healing a pet...
I mean, how many Tamers would run such a Template ?
No, you counting wrong. For 22 regen resilence you need 4*120 bard skills. Real skills, no jewels allowed. But to control Cu you need Animal Lore 108 (better be 110) and Animal Taming 108 (i use 112-113) . No need real skill here, with jewels is OK. And pet obeys you. 120 taming and lore are usefull only for running taming mastery Consume. Otherwise it is a waste of points. Which gives you plenty of room to squeeze 110-120 magery in this template (with jewels too) to hold swords of prosperity or Kotl rod, or whatever for self-defence and invis if needed. You cannot hide running resilence but it will often disattract mob.
120 taming and lore are usefull only for running taming mastery Consume.
Yet, isn't the Animal Taming Mastery Consume an important Mastery to use for a Tamer ?
+20 magery spellbook is no good here. You can have higher magery, but you will have no wrestling, (or no EvaInt +Anatomy) so any mongbat will hit you easy. I tried, everything hits you, poisons you and you are loosing stamina. And cannot run. And obtaining one more grey robe to your collection. . Way better to have some Mage weapon -0 with spell channel. Dont forget damage can interrupt bard song. Survivability is more important than little extra healing. Difference is not very big. At 93 Magery invis works 100% . This should be a milestone. Higher- good. Less mobs will hit you.
Dont forget damage can interrupt bard song.
I would say that this one is a big one in favour of a -0 Mage Weapon and not of the +20 Magery spellbook for a Bard-Tamer....
Yet, isn't the Animal Taming Mastery Consume an important Mastery to use for a Tamer ?
For the persone who decided to have 4*120 bard skills and use peace mastery Consume is not important. You just cannot use 2 masteries of different skills at a time. That person uses resilence so more than 108/112 taming /lore will be a waste. Also template with 4*120 bard skills is feasible without using Time of Legends booster. You what, dont beleive that there are different templates and people have different sets of skills? What are you trying to know in this topic? Read mine and other people answers. Go to test server. try them all. None of my tamers ever ate primer III or had 120 taming. I am too lazy to raise that and too greedy to spend gold on that primer. I am finding other ways to play.
Answer to your question: Taming mastery Consume is important for a Tamer who plans to rely on Consume. For other templates other masteries and skills are important.
My apologies, I seem to be missing an update from publish 67. Also I suspect some input from Logrus some time ago. I have updated the page to the best of my ability, subject to the site update.
Can you have 3 bards all running different songs at the same time? Inspire / Perseverance / Despair for example in a party?
Yes. However, the Discord songs are not direct party buffs, but rather monster debuffs/attacks. The whole party can take advantage of these monster debuffs/attacks though.
If you have all three 4x120 bards in a party you'll have: 2 party wide buffs from Provocation 2 party wide buffs from Peacemaking 2 monster debuffs/attacks from Discordance
The more party members, the higher the mana upkeep cost for Provocation/Peacemaking songs. Discord songs mana cost are independent of party size.
Yes I had to increase my mana regen to run 2 songs when not alone. That's why I concentrate on the two best for a party. One from each bard. Resilience allows the other bard to run 2 songs.
My suit right now is 150 Int 224 mana 31 MR 120 LRC 55 LMC Working on building others. 100 med 100 Focus 100 Mage (85/85/70) 120 music/peace/prove/discord REAL All 70s suit
My suit right now is 150 Int 224 mana 31 MR 120 LRC 55 LMC Working on building others. 100 med 100 Focus 100 Mage (85/85/70) 120 music/peace/prove/discord REAL All 70s suit
100 med + 150 INT and 55 LMC (real overcapped LMC with bone/stone ) cannot work together. So you have wasted 100 points. + your INT points. You better try to use them with them otherwise. Or have only 40 LMC with leather/cloth or mage armor. . Replacing MED withResist will help you sing when mana-drained. Or increase your magery up to 120.
You have also more LRC than needed. So you have room to squeeze more skills / stats.
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My tamer template uses 795pts.
120 Musicianship
120 Peacemaking
120 Provocation
120 Discordance
120 Animal Taming
120 Animal Lore
120 Magery
120 ???
Care to explain how ?
I find myself having a hard time seeing how one could get to 120 Magery as a 7th skill with items, considering that, in between the Book, Ring and Bracelet at most one could get to 60 Magery... where would one fit the other 60 Magery Skill points ?
Then, the 8th skill would even get more complicated since one could get 40 points on a ring and bracelet but where to get the additional 80 points ?
I mean, how ??
Not sure if the Tamers' skills can be on items either to then more effectively be able to control one's own Pet....
But then, what would be the suit be like, to accomodate those 8 x 120 skills ?
Care to please get more into details ?
ofc you can use skill items for taming/Lore before the masteries i was to lazy to train up taming i ran with +30 taming on jewels.
Pet control is not real skill but when you die and don't have your jewels on, dont command the pet.
In the case of the tamer bard you would want real on the bard skills since you are using those masteries.
https://www.uoguide.com/Bard_Masteries
The data being referred to by popps may only apply up to GM levels.
People that play bards certainly know these numbers
We need more spawn on LS tho.
So, for example, having Animal Taming skill points on items, would reduce the efficacy of the Animal Taming Mastery, to my understanding....
If 4 x 120 Bard Skills give +22 Regens in each of the 3 Regenerations as @ForeverFun mentioned that https://www.uoguide.com/Bard_Masteries indicates, then I need to imagine that the UO Wiki should get updated and contain the correct informations...
Remember its a game of compromises! We cant allways have everything…
This Post here https://forum.uo.com/discussion/comment/43531/#Comment_43531 says :
and this Post here https://forum.uo.com/discussion/comment/43541/#Comment_43541 says, flat out:
So, if one wants to get FULL benefit from a given Mastery, they should want to run the related skill for that Mastery with only real skill points, no skill points on items...
That is at least the way I always understood it works....
@kyronix , can you please clarify this once and for all ?
In relation to Masteries, what exactly do "real" skill points affect for that Mastery ?
The actual buffs which the Mastery provides as some players seem to indicate, or mere mana cost and upkeep as some other players seem to indicate ?
Thank you SO much for the much welcomed clarification.
That player was using real 480 bard skills. Bards don't need primers they are auto at all the masteries.
He can use items to increase skills he is not using for masteries.
My 120 mage 120 Weaving 120 taming and lore can switch masteries to either one. I ate the III primers. Ten minute cool down.
For 22 regen resilence you need 4*120 bard skills. Real skills, no jewels allowed.
But to control Cu you need Animal Lore 108 (better be 110) and Animal Taming 108 (i use 112-113) . No need real skill here, with jewels is OK. And pet obeys you. 120 taming and lore are usefull only for running taming mastery Consume. Otherwise it is a waste of points.
Which gives you plenty of room to squeeze 110-120 magery in this template (with jewels too) to hold swords of prosperity or Kotl rod, or whatever for self-defence and invis if needed. You cannot hide running resilence but it will often disattract mob.
At 93 Magery invis works 100% . This should be a milestone. Higher- good. Less mobs will hit you.
And, in order for a Developer to "step in" and clarify the issue once and for all, I would guess that the Developer would also need to see how players are confused and divided on this matter....
Considering the importance of Masteries in the gameplay of Ultima Online, one would imagine that a final clarification from the Developers would be important, to all players' benefit.
Yet, isn't the Animal Taming Mastery Consume an important Mastery to use for a Tamer ?
I would say that this one is a big one in favour of a -0 Mage Weapon and not of the +20 Magery spellbook for a Bard-Tamer....
The balakai staff is useful if you're being chased. But that doesn't mean you have to have that equipped/used at all times.
Also template with 4*120 bard skills is feasible without using Time of Legends booster.
You what, dont beleive that there are different templates and people have different sets of skills? What are you trying to know in this topic? Read mine and other people answers. Go to test server. try them all.
None of my tamers ever ate primer III or had 120 taming. I am too lazy to raise that and too greedy to spend gold on that primer. I am finding other ways to play.
Answer to your question:
Taming mastery Consume is important for a Tamer who plans to rely on Consume. For other templates other masteries and skills are important.
If you have all three 4x120 bards in a party you'll have:
2 party wide buffs from Provocation
2 party wide buffs from Peacemaking
2 monster debuffs/attacks from Discordance
The more party members, the higher the mana upkeep cost for Provocation/Peacemaking songs. Discord songs mana cost are independent of party size.
100 med 100 Focus 100 Mage (85/85/70)
120 music/peace/prove/discord REAL
All 70s suit
You better try to use them with them otherwise. Or have only 40 LMC with leather/cloth or mage armor. .
Replacing MED withResist will help you sing when mana-drained. Or increase your magery up to 120.
You have also more LRC than needed. So you have room to squeeze more skills / stats.