Bards post 40 are mana batteries
 

Every group I get I just play mana and sit there watching YT. Nobody wants me to twist, just mana. Our DPS is trash even with good weapons. I may get a charm here or there but that is about all.

Literally one of the funnest classes 1-39 turns into complete garbage 40+ unless you swarm. But what is the point of swarming to 60?

Bards are almost designed to prance around and do nothing and interact with players in EQ just like real life.

Take off all your clothes and start harrasing people.

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Haha WOW i forgot about Fansy.

Bard DPS is abysmal (RIP no Double Attack). Good utility though. Bards are great for pulling 40+. Not as good as monk, but having lull and being a plate wearer makes them a bit more survivable than ENC for instance. IDK, never playeed bard past 40. But, I've grouped with some very active bards who were excellent pullers, CC.

Also, a bard in velks swarming the spiders in a circle as the group picked them off 1 by 1 is one of my all-time heroes

Bards can do lots in groups, but If they're good with you afk watching YouTube...why not

Pulling is a good option for a more active bard role. You can also CC, nivs, twist etc. You don't have to do exactly what your group members tell you to do. You're the bard, show them how it's done bro.

And if they don't like it, you can go solo to 60. Charm kiting is a fun alternative to slowly AEing 25 mobs at a time.

All the best groups I've been in had a bard in the mix. You're selling yourself short.

-Mcoy

40-46 was some of the most fun I had on my first bard. I actually stopped kiting and went to group in CoM and spent one day pulling for almost 14 hours straight because I was having so much fun. It was some of the fastest and most fun PUG exp I've ever experienced and my group-mates loved it. Lull, tag, mez, charm, haste, and health & mana regen...there should be plenty to do for a bard.

Lol Fansy the bard

It gets even worse when your mez reaches uselessness in the 50s, Bard mez has a level cap that make it unviable pretty much everywhere high level. If you want to make it to 60 you need to be sociable and make friends or get good at swarming

The majority of Fear, Hate, and Sky is bard mezzable, with the exceptions off bosses and a few 55+'s. Even hatchlings in ToV can be mezzed/charmed with songs.