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Originally Posted by Flamewraith
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It could just be bad luck that I have never been in group with a good bard, but I have NEVER been in a group with a bard where I have said "wow that is a mean fucking bard." Or "I don't think we would have survived that without the bard." The very sad thing is that I HAVE been in a group with a ranger where I HAVE said "Wow that was a mean ass ranger." And I consider rangers to be leagues below bards. As for bards in raids yell fucking yea they are nice in raids, I said grouping, didn't say anything about raids.
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Yea, I still don't think you really get bards though. Bards might not be the best at anything, although I would argue there are many things they are the best at, however, they can fill the role of sometimes 2 or 3 specialty classes freeing up more room for dps, which can be huge.
In a standard melee based group playing my normal songs my bard provides: 55% haste, 46 Dmg Shield, 83 STR, 55 ATK, 31 HP regen, 13 mana regen, and 9 AC. I would argue those stats are as good if not better than what any other single class can provide. On top of that, a bard can lock down up to 4 mobs indefinitely, charm mobs to CC/dps, has probably the best lull in the game (unless outdoors), has probably the best snare in game, can slow, take hits, etc.
I really don't think there is a class in the game that can do more for a group than a well played bard, especially if the bard has epic. A bard might be slightly worse at doing one specific thing than another class, but the multiple other things that they can be doing at the same time more than outweigh the fact that enchanters for example have slightly better haste, or can mez a couple more mobs.
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Originally Posted by Zanderr
you get to interact with real people.
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Lies, I never had time to interact with people! But for real, I got really good at typing in those few seconds between songs.