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Originally Posted by Loadsamoney
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I don't want to exclusively build and gear around melee and nothing else, I just want melee to be an option when I need it.
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AC/HP/Resists is what you want to gear for on a Bard anyway. You'll randomly get enough DEX on gear and CHA is only useful for Lulls. The real opportunity cost is not spending money on instruments that provide a very noticeable effect on your songs, which are the most powerful thing you do.
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Originally Posted by Loadsamoney
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The gear shouldn't matter that much because, as I understand it, Fear Kiting and Mez-Melee both work just fine for an untwinked Bard with no gear.
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I can say from experience, killing stuff with melee on a bard is very slow even with good weapons and haste. Hopefully, Chardok 2.0 improved things for you here. But more importantly taking hits as a bard is very painful if you aren't over geared. Bards get less return on AC than the pure melee classes. I highly suggest at least mixing in some high AC/HP pieces with that Lambent.
Anyway, sounds like you have made up your mind. So go out there and get your hands dirty.