Talk:Chant

How are Chants/Echos effected by Quickening Zephyr? &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.172.60.108 (talk &bull; contribs) 05:16, 30 July 2006 (CDT).
 * probably the exact same way that Shouts are. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 12:51, 30 July 2006 (CDT)

Aria of Power doesn't give a bonus the next time a Spell is cast. Consider relabelling 'bonus' as 'trigger'.

Did anyone check how Anthems interact with attacks that hit multiple times, hit multiple targets, or both like Hundred Blades? If not we should test that during the next preview event. -- Gordon Ecker 00:51, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
 * probably the same way that skills like Splinter Weapon work. i.e. the first strike counted in software gets the bonus, and all others get nothing. maybe they'll change that, but it's unlikely. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 00:55, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
 * You're thinking of Nightmare Weapon. Splinter Weapon affects the entire multi-target attack, but won't damage the same target more than once. Anthems could also work like Glyphs, affecting the entire skill. -- Gordon Ecker 18:04, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
 * And it turns out the note for Splinter Weapon was incorrect. According to the literal interpretations of many Anthem descriptions they should affect all targets, but skill descriptions aren't always accurate. -- Gordon Ecker 00:17, 6 November 2006 (CST)

Do Chants (and Shouts) affect Minions? They should, but has anyone tested it?
 * There are several notes on most of the anthems (besides zealous anthem) in that they do not trigger on pet attacks. Whether or not this means the chant effects them is beyond me.  My guess is that because anthems state the next time an 'ally uses an attack skill' and that pets themselves do not actually activate/use any attack skills like a normal character would, they don't get the bonus but are effected by the chant.  (Zealous anthem could just be bugged)  My speculation is completely untested and very likely to be wrong.Zaboomafoo 04:28, 14 December 2006 (CST)

Do chants end once the effect has been used or do they sit there with no effect for the remainder of their effective time?&mdash; Azroth    22:48, 9 October 2006 (CDT)
 * Once the effect is triggered, the chant ends on the player who triggered it. The chant remains on all other players effected regardless of it being triggered by other players unless they die, trigger it themselves, or it times out.Zaboomafoo 04:28, 14 December 2006 (CST)

Call me Crazy
But I was thinking..One major turn-off from chants is the fact that you must actualy stop and use them as though they were spells, this makes them a tad unreliable seeing as the Paragon needs to attack in order to gain adrenaline and energy, plus it doesn't make much sense since Chants are just empowerment verses. So I was thinking: Why not have them not have any "use" time. For example, say you use Defensive Anthem, instead of stopping and doing the casting animation for two seconds, you may continue attacking/moving/etc., after two seconds, it finishes casting and your earshot buddies recieve the effect. Would be great for keeping up Reffrains too.. Zulu Inuoe 19:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Paras really don't need that kind of buff. Unless you wanted Interrupts to have even better effects...like when they changed Power Spike to work on Shouts, Chants, etc. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 19:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)