To make sure this is understood properly, there is nothing that extends the duration of a bard song, the durations are set in "stone" where the song will drop at the end of the 3rd tick from the tick it came in effect. The majority are 3 ticks, with a few exceptions where they last longer and/or have longer recast times, Requiem of Time is one such that lasts beyond the 3tick timer (20ticks) while the DA song lasts 3 ticks but cannot be recast for about 3 minutes.CuddleBunny wrote:I am not too familiar with bards but i think the instrument modifiers also affect the duration of songs... perhaps thats the answer. *shrug*
Instruments affect the portions of the song that may be modified. An Example of this is the DoT chant line, they have a base damage which goes up with instrument modifier as well as level.
Portions of songs not affected, ever, by instruments are SLOW, MANA, and HASTE. While some songs have multiple effects such as all mana/hp songs which are string based, the mana section will never go beyond the base for the level while the HP regen WILL increase due to equipping a string modifier.
The one thing that can be affected is the RANGE of BENEFICIAL AE songs through the Extended Notes AA.
Hope this helps.
