Military Parade - A DD Bard Guide

Assuming samurai roll Sailfi+suppa+eabani is bis for this set. Even raiki+Eabani+R30Alabaster/Dedition is worse (keep in mind this set is 24+ haste without belt, so you most likely need some haste to cap).

And for Lino’s, I have 3 DA/QA atm, would it be better to swap the DA for 4 STP?

Is it worth it for a bard to get the whole limbus +1 set?

The body hands legs and feet replace the current "BiS" option by a small margin. Whether or not that small margin is worth the price tag and months of limbus grind to you is another question entirely.

If you already had the prior good stuff, R30 nyame, Ashera, Bunzi hands/hat, Volte legs etc. then I'd recommend you do these pieces further down the line rather than rushing them, but to each their own.

At +1 rather than +2 you're simply missing 1 STP/DT/Crit/Acc/Atk etc. per piece. The Augment of DA will remain the same

I wanted that new gear so badly I didn't even think. Just went and bought the cursed +1 body and went a created it in limbus. Totally regretting not going for the legs first since I already own Ashera Harness...

To add to this, if you want to start working on the set and you have all the pieces Dex mentioned, then I would probably mostly focus on legs, body, feet in that order.

The DD BRD guide would be incomplete without a discussion of how Bard can use Ampulla every 10 minutes after songs for 100% DA, which makes the DA on the set (and Bunzi's) useless. PDL is questionably useful for BRD in many situations.

Okay I had a WHM complaining in a seg run due to him having to heal me, when I play WHM Regen 4 does all of the work for me, minus halos of course then I need to start curing. I hate when ppl is at 50 DT in seg farms. Gives me nothing to do but Boost-STR every 9min, Haste/Auspice every 5min, and reapply Regen 4 every 3min... But here's what I was wearing, note I wasn't at 50DT. I was at 36DT, was I in the wrong here? If I was, I guess I could change out my Chironic Slippers to Nyame Sollerets.

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Linos = 15 Acc, 3 DA, 3 QA.

Chironic Slippers = 22 Att, 3 QA.

Thanks in advance!

To many variables. 36% is a bit skech if not in ideal situation. WHM over sch hurts (regen V), if your pld isant aoe'ing and holding hate your gonna get smacked, and if your ws set isant good enough to 1 shot most mobs, or dam close your gonna be pulling hate and getting smacked more.

Over all if you have a good PLD, and are one killing fast enough that regen can keep up with heals 36% is fine, otherwise id push for closer to 50%.

Perfection legs and feet could add another +10% DT, and they have higher DEF, VIT, and HP to make make you more sturdy. You'd lose 2 STP on the legs, and the QA on the feet though.

Okay thanks guys. Appreciate the feedback.

Even tho really nice DM aug'd Chironic feet are nice, I've always gravitated away. It's just way too paper... It's akin to COR using Adhemar in my mind.

Maybe if you intentionally had a paper set, but in general most endgame stuff I try to be atleast 45% w/ good meva

I also prefer the STP over the DA on the Linos, personally. DA = STP in tp generated over a large sample size, so it's just 1 higher, granted it assumes you have a balance of both STP and multi hit... It also makes your Carn AM3 stronger which comes up alot of you're willing

Okay, I'll use Nyame Sollerets until I unlock the SU 4 armor for BRD.

Yeah that's what I'm on. Marginal loss in atk rounds per 100 for a huge boon in survivability. Assuming you're R25+

Did no one notice thats 39 PDT?

Bunzi Hd DT7
Ala Ear DT5 (12)
Ashera DT7 (19)
Bunzi Hn DT8 (27)
Moonlight DT5
Moonlight DT5 (37)
ChiroFt PDT2 (39)

How did you get 36 lol

Anyways, Bard has shitty options for TP legs/feet (prior to last patch, I'm still not gonna consider Limbus armor mainstream yet) and volte is too much of a PITA to get reliably. You could probably swap to an ambu cape with minimal DPS loss compared to Null while getting a huge DT boost? DEX+20 Acc+10 Acc/atk+20 StoreTP+10 PDT+10


I just checked Asura stock, you could buy a pair of Defeat Shoes / Cuisses (+1 version of war/brd/nin set) for 1 mil provided you have the matter and shards to uncurse them.

I agree with others, having 39% DT is not enough for endgame content, you will be taking a fairly significant amount of unnecessary damage. Chironic actually have more meva than I would've expected but -2 PDT is terrible and they have 0 acc, so you'll likely end up with accuracy issues with TP bonus offhand, often. I don't think I would ever use them if I had them. Revelation or Nyame are the call, IMO. Revelation legs are good as well, to add more DT.

JSE back is the easy swap here, for the 10 PDT. 10 STP is nearly the same as 7 STP/7 DA when you consider the QA and DA already in the set. It's not QUITE as strong, but similar, and it solves your DT issue.

I also agree with STP on Linos, not DA, for the reasons Dex said.

Finally, even though you didn't ask: Alabaster Earring is quite bad at R1-25, but I guess if you have it at R30 (not mentioned in your post) then it's an OK choice.

opps must of added incorrectly! my bad.

Thanks for all the feedback ya'll deff using nyame until I get the defeat shoes.

Almost like one questionable choice of gear really can make a difference.

Hey folks. I am working on my BRD and decided to roll up a casting Linos to see what I could get.

Augments I have are currently:
All Songs +2
Fast Cast+4%
Singing Skill +9

I know there's supposedly a song casting time reduction augment, but it didn't show up in 50+ leafdim rolls. Couldn't get +10 singing skill to show up either.

Is there anything else I should look for, or consider swapping those out for? I don't have any REMA instruments yet.

Working on Prime horn, will be stage 4 here in the near future. Might start playing Bard more when I finish it. Is the below considered the optimal set now for Bard engaged? Any feedback is appreciated.

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That's basically what I wear Otomis, but Moonlight Rings > Chirich Rings, IMO.

Alabaster is also a bit questionable, to me. If you happen to have it at R30 it's a bit safer than Telos, for example, but the DPS is lower so frankly, I wouldn't bother.

Revelation legs are solid at R0, but Sabatons are a bit more marginal. I won't swap mine into TP sets until they start getting some DA. I've kept Nyame in my sets for now.

This is what I use for BRD/NIN & BRD/DNC:
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If you have R30 Alabaster, you can cap DT without the JSE cape so you could swap in Null for more meva (and slightly more DPS) if you want.

With that set you don't have capped haste Maletaru. Granted it shouldn't probably be a big deal, just saying in case you didn't notice (I know I didn't, when I first started using Bunzi's Gloves)

its 25% and its all newer gear so it should be actually 25% if i remember the old haste on gear issue

Worse case can just haste on the linos

Should be, yes

Any gear made before August 2014 26% any gear made after August 2014 25%

It's one of those things that will never go away. Like 2 hours. Like 300 tp. TH on KB. Crafting directions.

Yeah but I posted specifically because of the argument against Alabaster, which has 5% haste as well! So that's another nice point to support Alabaster over other options, I meant.

If you're missing 1 Haste I'd change your cheer to make up the difference rather than change your Linos

It is not missing 1 haste

But in cases where you are, green wyvern cheer is a good answer

BRD/WHM Reraise with that set: 42 second recast
BRD/WHM Reraise with that set + Sailfi Belt: 42 second recast

I don't think there's any haste missing.

Oh, my cheer is Jumbotender FWIW.

Another test, I switched body to Fili body (dropping 1 haste):
BRD/WHM Reraise: 43 second recast

Here is what I'm currently running and if you want to be 50 DT then i would add two Moonlight Rings. Linos Augs are +15 Attk/Acc, DA/QA +3

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