Singing Short Sword  

 

Don't troll me for this but this quest is not only a nightmare but seriously, undifinitively, the hardest epic I've encountered; everso more difficult than my necro 1.0 which was pure impossible whereas I needed to get Every Piece Done aside from PoFear's Slime Blood of CT and go ahead and camp cazic, terror, or the other ultra- / perma-camped guardians who are the ONLY ones who ever drop the gloves, or buy them from the Zar for a immeasurably low price of 50k!!!, which is alright for a twink but near-impossible for an already newly toon; albeit, I find the SBoCT from some happy-go-lucky ranger after camping PoFear for over a month, shouting in Gen, Bazaar,and PoK for days on end, I trade my Fungi Tunic and 5k (closer to 5,123pp; which is all I had), and he hands me over my end-piece of Epic1.0; HUZZAH!!! Then my box for Zek server is my bard; cause what's the best box for an uber necromancer who ambushes everyone with swifts and can only be defeated by nobody; a bard; that's who; the undefeatable duo; so I camp for my Epic1.0 but the nightmarish part comes when I get everything, and I mean everything, but Skyfire Mountains ending piece dropped from eldrig the old who wont even spawn for me after clearing the entirety of the zone five times who wont spawn for me after standing days on end at a pathing area who wont spawn for me staying at 1 spot and being 51 able to highsun the zone highsunning and not even finding the ph for that one spot; im pulling my heair out on this one!!
Phinigel Autropos, Gorenaire, Talendor? All MQ'ed by main
Nezekezena? Wandered into BW first try and found
Blackwing? Wandered into RM and found after 1 hour of killing the PH
Amalgam Tentacle, Petrified Skull? All MQ'ed
but
To be stuck on this 1 part is just the worst. I can't find Eldrig the old ANYWHERE

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Edited, Oct 25th 2015 4:39pm by Prevail

It's a real shame that this is replaced by Defiant gear as you level, I was the happiest Bard in the game when I got mine all those years ago, but it's just sat in a backpack now :(

As of 11/23/2009...charmed Forpar with my 52 bard, turned in ww skull, amy whip, and kedge backbone...nothing...because I forgot to turn in Forpar's note to himself. Recharmed Forpar, gave him note, he gave me the head and body of the lute. Dont forget to give Forpar the note to himself!

Got it at lvl 43 on my bard

For Bard epic you have to be level 51 to complete.

Haste v1 is Item-based
Haste v2 is Spell-based
Haste v3 is Song-only (AKA over-haste)

The haste % of v1 is added to the % of a v2 effect and a v3 effect. However, if there are two or more effects of the same haste version (v1 for example), only the best haste % of the two effects for that haste version is used.

The total haste % of v1 and v2 combined cannot exceed the hard cap %, based on the player's level. However, v3 is not subject to the cap, and is added to the total haste AFTER the total for v1 and V2 are calculated.

Most bard songs, like Song of Celerity, are Haste v2 (spell haste), and thus their haste component only applies if it is greater than the haste % of any other V2 effects on the player. Any non-haste effects of the song will still stack with any other effects on the player, even if there is a better Haste v2 effect on the player.

Songs like Battlecry of the Vah Shir, however, are haste v3, and thus will stack with spell haste and item haste.

The proc from the Bard Epic weapon is Haste v2, and thus it's haste % will stack with v1 and v3. Keep in mind that even if the player already has a better haste % from another v2 effect, the ATK and STR boosts from the epic proc still stack with any and all other effects on the player.

There is an aug slot
Slot 1, type 4.

Just for all those wondering, you can skip the head of the lute and do it last. I had the components for the body, while I was still missing the Amygdalan Tentacle for the head. I tried my luck and was awarded the body without having done the head. So now I am able to spawn Trakanon with the undead bard. I will still need to do the head part to finish the quest. But it is easier to have 1 Mystical Lute Body, then to have 1 Red Dragon Scale, 1 White Dragon Scale, and 1 Metal Bits. Less of a chance of deleting the body. Just FYI.

Ok, I was looking around on some eq sites yesterday for pics of bards with the epic, and I found this. http://eq.crgaming.com/epics/bard.asp
If you go to that link, and look at the picture, you will see a bard dual wielding TWO epic weps. Was this pic doctored? Or is it actually possible to get two epics? I thought the epic was lore.

I'm bard of 63 seasons, and just a little overfiew for you, in saying bard epic is bad
Epic is the only instrament for singing, and stacks with amplification
It also allows you to use the annoying *must have a instrament songs like occlusion, and the new harmony of sound, making them usefull

Third, epic is 20 percent, which is the same as troubs mace, gem inlade weapon for all instraments. This is abov e store bought, as they are 0 percent
4 resists... level 63 resist song is singing.. which means singing boost is more resists.. and this song does all resists, so unless you can puretone on every mob you want resists on, along with amplifications, you can get over 250+ to all resists with epic... This in itself blows damage away, as you save cleric mana

final note.. to the monk, at 63, i can out damage a 63 monk, without even meleeing, meleeing and dots, with epic, you have no chance.. and guess what, you still get to tank the mob :) 4dots = 75dps, then add melee dps, and dont' forget the bard 55haste proc, and 30atk... need not sing haste, with it.

Granted i wouldn't duel a monk, hp and mitigation is different, but throughput of damage, a bard is higher.