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Originally Posted by Spyder73
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Eh there is a lot of Bard love in this thread but the truth is a Bard is not a min/max class and a Monk is. Necromancers 55+ can almost solo heal a group while simultaneously adding in DPS equivalent to a rogue, yet P99 will pick a rog for their last spot 9 times out of 10.
Unfortunately the Bard is the same. The reason being there are a lot of sh!ty Bard/Necro's and the server has made its mind up about these classes years ago and group think makes people unable to see past this.
The truth is you will have infinitely more ease/options as a Monk. Notice how much of what people are basing their Bard recommendations on are based on the Solo game, that's because any Bard who ever reached 60 did most of it Solo because they were unable to find a group.
Bards add a ton and I find them really fun but they are not a DPS class, they are not a CC class, they are not a healing class, they are not really anything besides group augmentation which asides from Cantina other classes can all do better.
50+ Bards fall apart due to the level restrictions of their songs. Charm stops working, mez stops working, their haste/slows starts to get outpaced from shamans/chanters. its a great class and a lot of fun but to say a Bard has an easier time is just not true. How many bards do you see at cash camps like Fungi King? 0. Its a shaman/chanter/monk/cleric locking it down. How many times do you see 'group seeking Bard' in Seb/HS? Almost none because they can't Feign Death and 1 crit lul resist brings and entire room of monsters to wipe the group plus the fact they can no longer CC any mob over level...52?
The truth of this is also simply in the numbers. How many more Monks are there compared to Bards? There is a reason for this.
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This is 99% false. The ONLY camp that comes to mind that bard is not an ideal pick is King, due to the extremely high mez resists on the shrooms. I have never had an issue getting groups as a bard, they just bring too much utility to a group to be passed up. The only downside to bards is they do not stack well. A group can easily have 2 monks and do well, double bards is shooting yourself in the foot as songs don't stack and there really isn't 6-8 songs that need to be played for a group that won't block one another. An enchanter in the group will somewhat lower your appeal as a bard, but you still bring way more to the group than a monk. I have both at lvl 60 and enjoy both. You really can't go wrong either way. But if you want a class that is always in demand for groups and raids, and can get solo xp faster than any other class in game, Go Bard.
As for why there are more monk than bards, its a much easier class to play sans high end pulling situations like king or raids.