I made a list of Bard Gearing options - to start with I got all the DEX/CHA jewelry options and started to replace these with other items as I got some big DEX/CHA items in other slots - highly recommend treeweave; as STR is important to melee dps output and carrying capacity - All the items have an EffectiveWeight (WT-STR) column because when I got geared out with full banded by my guild I had no weight capacity left - so I wanted items to increase STR or decrease WT (or both) per slot. I think at the moment I'm sitting at 90/120.
I got a pair of AC5/HP55 rings, but I keep those in a bag for those instances that I'm Tanking most of the time I'm running around with a pair of DEX5/CHA7 rings.
On live (2000-2002), I was told go for stats STR/DEX/CHA/MR until they were at 200 unbuffed, and then start swapping out for AC/HP so that's been my strategy here.
http://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_B...yahin_Elbereth