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Originally Posted by Slave
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Bards...must twist by hand, for hours and days and months.
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As much as this button spam was traditionally considered a drawback of the Bard in Everquest, it still pushes fewer buttons over time than pretty well any class in the majority of newer online role-playing games. I'm not sure how or why what was once perceived as nuisance became an advantage, but it did, and from that perspective the Bard might be regarded as having the most modern style of gameplay. It has the additional advantage of never having to meditate.
Personally, I dislike rapid key spamming, so the EQ bard never grew on me, but it's a good class for the folks who enjoy that sort of thing.
Bards are somewhat uncommon on P1999 because they still have a 40% experience penalty. Their numbers are skewed upwards due to the popularity of the class as an auction mule.
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