Enchanter's opinion:
Group: All the bards that think they they are as good as an enchanter in a group are just fooling themselves (sorry Deajay). If the enchanter doesn't charm, then I'd say it's about even with perhaps a small edge to the bard if they are really good. If the enchanter charms, well, no amount of bard utility can make up for 125 dps. That's like 1.5 rogues. Having played a warrior and an enchanter I'm quite confident that any group that replaces me with a bard will kill more slowly (especially if that group has a mage or a shaman).
Raid: The problem is that Enchanters are so overpowered that Verant simply disabled their abilities for most raid mobs (obviously being able to keep Trakanon mezzed while your raid heals/cures itself would be ridiculous). Fear/Hate are actually a lot of fun as an Enchanter, but Sky is just terrible. I've tried a number of things to be somewhat more effective on single target bosses, but overall Deajay is right. Especially with the epic (and in Velious, with stun/mez immune Giants and Dragons) you absolutely need those two enchanters to buff you, and then they can go AFK and cook some food while the rest of the raid kills the boss.
Solo: Enchanter all the way. Bards can get great XP swarm kiting, but Enchanters can solo bosses for $ as well as leveling really fast too.
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I will say that I've seen more Encs burn out than bards, and the bard population is much smaller than the Enc population. From my experience as a bard in a raid guild, it looks like Encs really love getting to end-game, but then don't enjoy raiding while bards enjoy getting to end-game, and then enjoy being the jack-of-all-trades in raids as well.
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This is pretty accurate although Enchanters do get to have some fun farming.