Your fellow players may be angry regardless. I've never received such vicious, unwarranted tells playing any other class. I'm afraid there's been dangerous precedent set by enough bards that people feel justified pouring scorn upon you for merely existing in the same zone as them.
That being said, you should still kite if you feel like it but consider the following guidelines:
1) resist the urge to be a dick to people harassing you in tells. They're sitting there, waiting on mana/hp, and they've got nothing better to do. You know no such thing as downtime, and it's really not worth it getting worked up over some guy that's been wronged by another bard before.
2) although the xp is likely great even capped at 25 mobs, do spend time grouping periodically. No one has any use for a 50s bard that doesn't know how to group. You're doing yourself a disservice not using the class to its full potential.
3) keep track of all your mobs, periodically bunch them up and don't drag them over other people. Although often unnoticed by others this helps keep people alive.
4) sometimes people will pull mobs off your train, this is okay. 20some mobs is still just fine. As a bonus, if they're particularly upset they might do something silly like punch your train of chickens and immediately be pulverized. It's probably fine to smile and even laugh barbarously IRL, but again, don't be a dick about it in game.
5) pay for rezzes if you do accidentally train someone. Money/xp can be generated very easily as a bard, so it doesn't matter much to you in the long run. It matters a whole lot to other players. Although they might still be upset about it (and rightfully so, death out of nowhere is never fun) the rezz will help minimize your negative impact on their leveling.
Just go out there and play the game, try everything there is to try as a bard, have fun, learn a lot, and don't be a dick to others. The class is tremendously powerful both solo and in a group setting. If you are a decent human being while barding others can and will have fun playing the game with you.
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