The Performer's Life By Conga Lyne

Introduction

Hi, I'm Conga Lyne, a performer main, hopefully this guide will help you along your journey playing the performer classes!
Take note, I haven't achieve complete endgame gears as of writing and will update this guide periodically as I progress.
This guide will also focus on magical dps Performer, specifically the skill Metallic Fury, I will be focusing on the skill as it is spammable, has a large AoE, can be any element and has low entry requirements.
If you need any direct help, you can most likely find me in the #archer channel on discord or as "Conga lyne MtF" ingame, I might take a while to respond so sending an RODex may be more convenient for both of us.

With all that said, let's get into it.

Notice:

This guide is currently work in progress, check back soon for a more complete guide!

Leveling

Going from level 0 to 200 is your first major goal, silver arrows will be the most useful throughout most areas of play.

Something that will help you significantly early on is eden group gear, you can attain eden group equipment by first joining the eden group after talking to Secretary Lime Evenor (moc_para01 27, 35), and then talking to the various equipment masters at (moc_para01 107, 79).
Start from the bottom and work your way towards the top, I recommend gathering the items for Louis's free advanced items, but find it easier to spend 10 eden group coins on Labraham's advanced weapon.
You can use the @wd <item name>, and @wi <monster name> commands to find where to locate the required materials.

You can get normal eden group equipment at any level and advanced eden group equipment at level 100.


Level	Map	Quests	Notes
0-10	Prontera Plains (prt_fild08 340, 215)	None
10-40	Ant Hell (anthell01 35, 262)	none	Focus on killing the eggs as they won't fight back.
40-70	Orc Dungeon (orcsdun01 32, 170)	None
70-99	Glastheim Monastery (gl_church 156, 7)	Eden Board level 70-99 board quest (15x Wraith & Evil Druid) (moc_para01 40, 38)
100-130	Illusion of Moonlight (pay_d03_i 140, 44)	100x of any type in Illusion of Moonlight (pay_d03_i 153, 33)
130-160	Illusion of Vampire (gef_d01_i 115, 216)	100x of any type in Illusion of Vampire (gef_d01_i 124, 237)
160-200	Verus Outskirts (ver_tunn 13, 35)	Hunt 50x recon robot (moc_para01 52, 37)	If you find someone offering a level 180+ leech and you're level 180 or above, I recommend taking their offer. When this happens, you want to accept the illusion of underwater board quests in the main office (main_office 123, 36), go to illusion of underwater floor 2 (speak to Jerry in illusion of underwater floor 1), wait until the quest is finished, turn in your quest for exp, and repeat until the leech is finished or you reach your desired level. Remember to change your job at level 200! If they specifically say they're doing einbech 3 instead, then just navigate to einbech 3. (ein_dun02 25, 250)
200-240	Illusion of Underwater Floor 2 (iz_d05_i 142, 188)	100x of any type in Illusion of Underwater Floor 2 (main_office 123, 36)
240+	Abyss Lakes Floor 4 (abyss_04 169, 160)	All Abyss Lakes 4 quests (main_office 123, 36) Hunt 240x of any type in Abyss floor 4 (moc_para01 52, 37)	This is also a convenient way to farm eden coins Once you have proper endgame gear, you can farm Varmundt Depths floor 1 when you're level 250

Recommended leveling skills:

1st job: Double Strafe
2nd job: Throw Arrow, Arrow Vulcan
3rd job: Reverberation
4th job: Metallic Fury

Gameplay & Skills

For stats, you want to max int, dex and spl
You should get a healthy amount of vit, for durability, and dumb left over points into agi, wis and sta for fast animations & additional durability.
There aren't any specific tricks to pay attention to when playing Troubadour or Trouvere, just remember to keep your buffs up.
The songs you choose however, do matter.

Owl's Eye
Vulture's Eye
Improve Concentration

Starting on 1st job and working our way to 4th, we'll max out our passive skills and attention concentrate for as many stat buffs as possible from the archer job, leftover job points can be dumped into the 1st job damage skills.

On 2nd job and onwards our skills will vary depending on the gender.

Poem of Bragi and Assassin Cross of Sunset
Fortune's Kiss and Service For You
Skillful Professional Musician
Dancing Lesson or Musical Lesson

For Male performers, you should get Poem of Bragi and your favourite song of choice (I recommend Assassin Cross of Sunset for GM events)
For Female performers, you should get Fortune's Kiss and Service For You, you won't use Fortune's Kiss outside of party play, but Service For You will be very useful for SP conservation while farming.
Skillful Professional Musician is also a critical skill to get for both classes, as well as reaching max level with Dance Lessons for more passive stat bonuses.

Metallic Sound
Lesson
Swing Dance or Echo Song
Frigg's Song
Song of Mana
Unlimited Humming Voice
Reverberation

For 3rd job, you should get Metallic Sound to level 5 as we'll need it for later, additionally, reach max level with Voice Lessons.
Depending on your gender, you'll either be getting Swing Dance or Echo Song.
Make sure to also grab Frigg's Song, Song of Mana and Unlimited Humming Voice.

Song of mana will be very useful for farming dungeons as it can single handedly supply your mana if continuously recast when off cooldown.
Unlimited humming voice will be useful for when we need a large amount of damage, such as when fighting an MVP or powerful group of mobs.
Frigg's Song will likely only be used when fighting enemies who deal a large amount of damage such as Depths mobs and is useful for those circumstances.
Reverberation is also a useful skill to have for GM events.

Metallic Fury
Sound Blend
Stage Manner
Sonata of Kvasir
Mystic Symphony
Serenade of Jawaii
March of Prontera

Finally for 4th job, we mainly care about maxing Metallic Fury, Sound Blend and Stage Manners.
Also be sure to grab Mystic Symphony and Sonata of Kvasir, afterwards you can grab as many songs as you like.
I recommend assigning Serenade of Jawaii and March of Prontera to max level as well, as they will be your main 4th job buff skills for yourself and your party.
They won't be as significant as most 2nd and 3rd job skills are, but will provide useful benefits and become stronger if a fellow performer is in your party!

Stat Goals

Most classes will need to hit certain amounts of fixed cast time or after cast delay before maximizing their damage, but performers only need 20% After Cast Delay (ACD) to get the most out of their main dps skill Metallic Fury.
Poem of Bragi can provide 30% for free, but is only accessible to male performers.
If you are pursuing the path of being a Trouvere rather than a Troubadour, you will need to find a way to achieve 20% ACD through equipment alone.

New Wave Sunglasses are very useful for giving 10% ACD and an illusion Silver Guard can provide an additional 5% if refined to +10 using Illusion Refinement Boxes. The remaining after cast delay reduction can be achieve through dim glacier weapons, but can prove to be very expensive to obtain early on.
A cheaper option to consider might be the Sinful accessories as their set bonus provides 5% ACD reduction and do not need to be enchanted to provide this effect.

Combining New Wave Sun Glasses, Sinful Accessories and a +10 Illusion Silver Guard, you can achieve 20% ACD as a trouvere without Poem of Bragi.

After achieving 20% After Cast Delay reduction you're free to pump damage as high as you can, which is exactly what we'll be doing.

Gear Progression

Based off Celery's Gear Progression Table


Gear Slots	Beginner	Early Game	Mid Game	Endgame	Post-Endgame
Upper Headgear	Advanced Eden Headgear	Wickebine's Black Cat Ears-LT	Wickebine's Black Cat Ears-LT	Vesper Helm Note: You should only switch off of wickebine's black cat ears after obtaining full tempest shadow gear, as you will otherwise loose large amounts damage due to not having mdef pierce to bypass monster's mdef stat.	Vesper Helm
Middle Headgear		New Wave Sunglasses (If female) Sealed Chain (If male, any card or EoE Int3)	New Wave Sunglasses (If female) Sealed Chain (If male, any card or EoE Int3)	New Wave Sunglasses (If female and can't reach 20% acd without) Gambler's Seal Gambler's Seal
Lower Headgear		Poring Family Balloon	Poring Family Balloon	Ace of Spades Poring Family Balloon	Ace of Spades Happy Balloon
Armor	Advanced Eden Armor	Gray Wolf Robe	Gray Wolf Robe Snow Flower Robe	Nebula Robe Depth Rune Armor	Depth Rune Armor
Weapon	Advanced Eden Weapon	Advanced Eden Weapon Glacier Weapon	Glacier Weapon Dim Glacier Weapon	Dim Glacier Weapon	Dim Glacier Weapon
Shield		illusion Silver Guard	Mad Bunny illusion Silver Guard (If female)	Mad Bunny - LT	Mad Bunny - LT
Garment	Advanced Eden Garment	Gray Wolf Robe Grace Magic Manteau (If female)	Temporal Manteau Gray Wolf Manteau Snow Flower Manteau Grace Magic Manteau (If female)	Varmundt Rune Manteau	Varmundt Rune Manteau
Footgear	Advanced Eden Footgear	Gray Wolf Footgear	Moan of Corruption	Moan of Corruption	Moan of Corruption
Accessory Right	Advanced Eden Accessory Right	Sinful or Brilliant Light accessories	Sinful or Brilliant Light accessories	Varmundt Rings
Accessory Left	Advanced Eden Accessory Left	Sinful or Brilliant Light accessories	Sinful or Brilliant Light accessories	Varmundt Rings
Pet Egg
Shadow Gear				Full Tempest Shadow Gear	Full Tempest Shadow Gear
Costume Enchants			Arch Bishop Stones in Top, Low and Garment 1 slots	Arch Bishop Stones in Top, Low and Garment 1 slots	Arch Bishop Stones in Top, Low and Garment 1 slots

Card Progression