When I started on Uthgard, I didn't know much about the community at large, as it's been a long time since I played DAoC. I made a skald because it was my favorite class from live. However, after getting reacquainted with the game a bit, I realize I will not be able to afford templating a skald for awhile

My question for you Uthgard Veterans is this, do skalds get raid groups? I imagine only 1 per group is necessary and I see skalds everywhere so I don't believe they are in high demand.

If that is the case, I want to make a character that will be useful to raids. I know this question is asked all the time, and the answer is usually zerker for dps or healer/shaman for support. But it is my intention to focus solely on raiding, so I could spec a shaman full buffs, or a healer aug/mend. Staying away from any RvR specs, what is the best raid toon to roll? Maybe even a full supp rm? Idk I am just looking for suggestions please.

Midgard does not have pets to maximize attackers on high level mobs in order to lower defense of mobs even more than normal and to be able to land spells(you need 17 attackers on dragon/legion/summoners to land a spell), so on most of the big raids we rely on aotg, so skald is needed. Also, even in smaller raids people often take skalds due to aotg and speed, so answer would be yes.

Yes, templating a skald in a decent template is not cheap. And there are a plethra of skalds and shamans that most roll for raiding.

Also your correct with you only need 1 skald usually in most raids exception is dragon. So i think to get to have a more consistant chance to get in raids would be healer or zerker, both can be pretty cheap for a decent starter temp and usually need more than one on any raid

Thanks for the responses. I think I am going to park my skald in thid at 49.5 to template and cap out. So I will be leveling a healer in the meantime.

I have a quick question after reading thru some skald temps, why do people not max out Dex?

Capass7x1 wrote: why do people not max out Dex?

Dexterity will only influence your Parry/Evade rates. It's great if you can cap it, not worth killing yourself over. Don't think it's even possible to cap this stat without gimping something or making a pricey template.

thankee sai.....can close this thread now

For grp rvr even a skald temp isnt expensive.no need for caping BS and dex

exactly; +BS does nothing and +Dex only helps you evade and block. Considering a skald has all the evade and block skill of a moose, it's nothing to worry about,

my skald does Ok and he is in an old 99% non-overcharged temp...

I guess temp means nothing if you are a bad player anyway.

For minstrel + instrument raises shout damage - should be the same for skald. But ofc, it is neglectable for group rvr.

i tested it once with legulas some years ago... +11 bs on equip = 8 (or was ist 9?) more dmg per shout. I don't remember how he was skilled or anything (he was about RR8 or so back then), but i remember the result: it does increase the shout dmg, but just by a small amount.

Okay so BS and Dex can be neglected in a temp, thanks.

Here's another question: How does speccing more in hammer or +hammer affect dmg? I understand weaponskill has no affect on your dmg, so raising that doesnt matter. For a lvl 50, whats the difference between 50 hammer (43 bs) and 39 hammer (with higher bs or parry)?

Capass7x1 wrote:Okay so BS and Dex can be neglected in a temp, thanks.

Here's another question: How does speccing more in hammer or +hammer affect dmg? I understand weaponskill has no affect on your dmg, so raising that doesnt matter. For a lvl 50, whats the difference between 50 hammer (43 bs) and 39 hammer (with higher bs or parry)?

Your damage will not significantly improve, and you will lose a lot of defense because you will lack parry.

your dmg increases with higher weapon skill, just the defense penetration is not affected.

Okay, for thid I am speccing 46 bs/44 hammer/12 parry. I think at 50 I will just add more parry. My other option would be to lower hammer to 39 and bring parry up to 23. That comes down to how frequently I think I will be landing a conquer/sledgehammer chain.

never since u ll just use 1st backstyle for chain snare anyway