Musician Archive

Posted today, 9/25:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=TestCenter&message.id=15968

Scroll down to the "Professions" listing (this is a huge patch of changes, but it hasn't hit live yet that I'm aware of) ...

Dancer (also musician) - Increased the effect of dance mind buffs. A master can now increase a stat up to double of its base value. Maximum durations have been increased to 2 hours.

* Musician - always have play option on placed instruments (ommni box, nalargon), but give a failure message if they have another instrument equipped

I don't know about y'all, but my day has now been MADE

Sinda?

Does this mean what I think it means?

I can now target folks while playing the Nalg?

The Mind buff is sweeeeet!

Yep, better mind buffs are coming. It's still not clear whether they'll be targetable, though. In addition, the patch contains a few other nice goodies for Musicians:

Added musician & dancer faction perks (+10% effect to heal wound/shock & +25% mind buff value)

Allow doctor,musician,dancer faction perks to work whereever they can factionally register

Fixed bug with /changeBandMusic

Male characters can now go shirtless.

I'm looking forward to trying out all of them, especially that last one.

- Ricky Starwalker, Master Musician/Master Entertainer, Chilastra

Okay, how do these buffs work?

I am a Master Doctor/Master CM. I need a lot of Mind Buffs. I didn't even know they existed. Can someone explain this to me? Do I have to request that a Musician/Dancer buff me? Or does it just happen automatically?

Thanks for any help and I'm anxiously awaiting a reply.

Raistlin

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NewJedi wrote:

Yep, better mind buffs are coming. It's still not clear whether they'll be targetable, though. In addition, the patch contains a few other nice goodies for Musicians:

Added musician & dancer faction perks (+10% effect to heal wound/shock & +25% mind buff value)

Allow doctor,musician,dancer faction perks to work whereever they can factionally register

Fixed bug with /changeBandMusic

Male characters can now go shirtless.

I'm looking forward to trying out all of them, especially that last one.

- Ricky Starwalker, Master Musician/Master Entertainer, Chilastra

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Eh, i can go naked

YEAH FACTION PERKS! The Devs are getting smarter

Okay, that makes sense. Do the Dancers givea different buff or do all entertainers give willpower and focus?

Thanks a lot for the info.

Raistlin

Okay, last question.

Dancers buff Mind Pool and musicians buff Willpower and Focus. So, am I able to watch a dancer and listen to a muscian simultaneously?

Otherwise, I'd need to pick which stats I want.

Thanks again for your help, you guys have been immensly helpful.

Thanks,

Raistlin

One other importantthing: the buff doesn't kick in until after you STOP listening or watching the performer. At that point, your relevant blue stats will quickly rise in 5-point increments. My Master Musician confers about a 300 point Focus and Willpower buff on the average player, but it does vary; I think it's a function of the recipient's base Focus/Willpower stats.

Also, the buff works not only in cantinas, theatres, and hotels, but also in CAMPS! I've tested this and wow, is it a nice perk. My PA's doctor routinely buffs his blue bar in-between fights now.

To be honest, I've never tried listening and watching to a Master Musician and Dancer at the same time, so I don't know if it can be done -- but my guess is that it can.

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Sinda wrote:

Dancer (also musician) - Increased the effect of dance mind buffs. A master can now increase a stat up to double of its base value. Maximum durations have been increased to 2 hours.

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yes doctor handles str and health buffs

yes Dancer handles mind buffs

yes musician handles secondary mind buffs

Chef does nothing but crapy buffs but hey they stack with the useful ones.