Instruments up till lvl 20?

[Jizu]

I have just switched my job over to Bard. Finished the quest on Tuesday. ^^ I have been farming with my lvl 30 blm the last 2 days I played. Made about 30k in about 4 hours time. Well…. it took 2 days to sell all of it ;(….. I have purchased all the song’s up to lvl 20 and I bought the cornette +1 and the flute +1. I was wondering what other insturnments I should strive for besides Mary’s horn (I will get this for sure even if I have to farm for 16 hours), that will get me by up until lvl 20 or 25.

Thank you for your time in advance (^_^)

[Faranim]

The only other important instrument you'll want is a Traversiere +1, but I think you need to be level 32 or something to equip it.

You should be fine, Equipment isn't that big of a deal for bards.

[Vilurum]

Mary's Horn is more helpful for BCNM than anything else. For sleeping unwanted enemies in exp parties, landing the sleep in the first place is more important than how long it'll last. (It's generally a matter of sleeping it so you can either bolt for the zone or use escape or teleport or whatever.)

Point being, sweat it later.

Other useful up-to-20 instruments include Harp +1 (level 14, Minne +2), Piccolo +1 (level 9, Threnody +2), and Royal Spearman's Horn (level 20, March +1, more importantly CHR +3). There's also the Gemshorn +1 (level 19, Mambo +2), but mambo gets so little use that you'll probably never benefit from buying this.

When you hit 23 or 24 (I forget which) you can replace the Flute +1 (Requiem +1) with a Siren Flute (Requiem +2). However, you may eventually find yourself not playing Requiem much if at all, so don't sweat that one much.

If I had to pick a few instruments to prioritize, they would be:

4: Cornette +1 (Minuet +2)
9: Piccolo +1 (Threnody +2)
32: Traversiere +1 (Madrigal +2)
36: Rose Harp +1 (Etude +2, though once you get Ballad II you won't be using etude as much)
40: Horn +1 (Elegy +2)
48: Angel's Flute +1 (Prelude +2)

[falloutboy14]

be sure to get a harp early on. I didn't get one till lvl 15 or so, and now my string skill is 20 points below singing and wind. And since string gets much less use, its a witch to raise.