EQDiva

Hello fellow bards. With PoP there is now some weapons who are instruments. Got myself the Troubadour's Mace, and on Allak u can find a wind one (drop in PoS i think). So the question is: do the effect from weap can stack with other weap/instrument? With epic for exemple? I don't have myself my epic (those white scales are damn rare and expensive on Karana), so i'm asking if any1 can make a test :) Hope string and percussion weapons will be discovered soon (and tests with DotB/LotH done too). Darwy Atréide, 57th missed note Empire Alliance, Karana Server

the new items such as tear shaped earing and vex thal drums range item do not stack with the epic or other instruments, they generally have the same alteration to songs as the epic. verant did not want to make the epic useless, however they did want us to be able to yield better weapons than the epic in our off hand while still getting the bonuses.

My guil leader gave me a troubadors mace to keep on a ToV raid, and I had that equiped secondary, my Drums of the Beast primary. I noticed I can keep both items equipped, and play melody of ervaj (brass REQUIRED), while still getting the bonus on my resist songs when i played Elemental Chorus. I know that the drum gave the bonuses when equipped WITH the mace because i toook the drum of and tried it to see my resists. So i know w/ a Drums of the Beast (primary) and Troubadors Mace (secondary), I get the bonus given to me on the durms, and I can still use Brass Required ongs (but i odnt know if i got hte brass bonus or not.../shrug...im happy as is)

I believe what she meant about them not stacking is that they do not stack with other instruments of their type. Like a troubador's mace won't stack with the epic's mod, or with the mod on a 1 handed horn, for example. You just get the higher mod, as usual. But stacking with other instruments, yes.. I believe the point is to allow us to get an item for each instrument type, so we can wield something other than our epic. So far, though, I don't much care for the idea (the items aren't all that great for the slots, and I'd rather wield my epic - 1 not-so-great item, than 5 not-so-great items). I'd much prefer an epic 2 idea, upgrading the damage/delay, stats, on our epic, maybe boosting the mod to 2.0 or something at the same time...

VI long ago stated that if you were wielding 2 similar music item, epic and drum of the beast the effect the the item with the highest effect would be the one you used automaticlly. chandra

hey i'd just like to add ya they're pretty cool but i belive they work as the base instruments, i have a wind sumthing sumthing couh 20 26 acts as wind insturment, and a drummers something main gaughe 11 17 work as a drum instruemnt rabukiz bamzerag pravus mortis 62 bard

You have these items but dont know what they are named? I have been trying to find a wind instrument weapon from pop for some time now. If you could post the exact name of this item i would be so extremely grateful. The damage/delay would make it a decent offhand item. Seems the instruments weapons are dropping in tier 2/3 zones so i would suspect this one from torment or tower of solro.

Found it! Dirk of the Ravaging Wind LORE ITEM MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Damage: 20 Delay: 26 Ratio: 1.3 Amazing AC: +8 Sta: +10 Dex: +12 Int: +8 Cha: +5 Magic Resist: +6 Fire Resist: +6 Cold Resist: +6 HP: +75 Mana: +75 Weight: 2.0 Weapon Skill: Piercing Classes: Bard Races: All Races Inventory Slot: Either Melee Recommended: 58th Level Wind Instruments Drops off of Neffiken, Lord of Kelek'Vor in the Plane of Storms Hope that helps, here is the link if you want to read the posts or look up the mob that drops it (sounds tough): http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=16986 Hope that helps, Sinfonian, (trying like mad to help you out for all the incredible info you've given me!)

This is exactly what i was looking for. Having passed my trial of execution finally i am now able to head to Plane of Storms. I will need to put some more effort into leveling instead of questing and perhaps take this behemoth down.

Well behemoth is in PoI and you have to kill that Mech-dragon first and hail the Gnome there. Then you can get into the Factory.

the behemoth is the hardest thing ive ever fought, makes avatar of war look like a big pussy.

Oi, I haven't done him yet, but I am flagged for Factory. I will be able to attempt him with buddies guild soon I think.