Personally, I hate swarming bards because 1) They take too many mobs and 2) They take too much time. 10 minutes to gather up everything then 10 minutes to AE it down then ~10mins for everything to respawn means some zones like OT are barren. You're putting an entire zone's worth of people at your mercy/incredibly slow play style. Couple this with the overwhelmingly casual playstyle of p99ers (many play for 2-3 hours per week), you're going to piss people off.
Mained a bard on live, played/raided religiously from Kunark to PoP. Love bards, love what they could be, absolutely loathe them on p99. Truly a shame since its such a unique class in the scope of MMOs.
There's some great bards out there, but you aren't going to learn your class just by swarm kiting. Get out there in a group and learn to tank/CC/pull/do all the things that make Bards amazing to have around.
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Some kind of... Bubba Ho-Tep?
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