All you need to get level 55 is a hand drum, horn and maybe some ac/hp rings. The more levels you have the easier it is to make plat. Every hour you waste farming lightstones is an hour you could have spent getting EXP to get you closer to farming actual plat. After level 18 bards hardly need weapons, at best you will do necro pet levels of dps in melee. A bard's strength is pretty much determined by his resists, hitpoints, and how good his drum (and to an extent lute) is.
Swarm kite to 55. Buy the best drum & horn you can afford, noting that you can sell the horn afterward. OT -> FV -> OT -> DL -> BW. Spend any plat you can on the best HP/AC rings you can afford and any cheap resist gear.
When you hit 50ish, self farm:
Field of Bone flute
Bloodstained Mantle (or buy for like 100p)
RBF (or buy for like 350p)
Goblin Skull Earring
Iksar Ceremonial Breastplate (duo with rogue or dps)
Sarnak Emblazoned Tabard
Bracer of the Hidden
Pegasus Cloak (may be easier to duo)
Jboots (may be easier to do at lower levels due to less pvp)
Wurm-Scale Coat (mid 50s+ duo with a 60 rogue)
i think bard can solo EoE too? maybe?
And spend plat on, in order of priority:
Best drum you can afford. <<If you are poor, group in MM and then do the kunark 210% drum quest or something>>
MM Lute
Jewelcrafter MR bacers, neck
Sainy's Claw
Kylong boots
SSB
Mithril legs
Mithril arms
.. and all the rest of your MR pieces
.. and then weapons
.. and then finally, stat pieces (slots with str/dex but no real hp/resist gains)
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