"Who gives a %#$" - EQ devs on Bard NPCs, 1999

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Anyone else think it really takes away from the game how never at any point/era of Everquest did the developers actually implement Bard NPCs being able to sing and twist songs?

Due to lazy programming or rush to release the game, it was just one of those things that fell through the cracks.

Every other "class" NPC works as intended. Wizard NPCs cast Wizard spells, Clerics heal, Shamans slow and DoT, Necros have pets, SKs harm touch, etc.

Yet on Live if you'd fight a Bard NPC, they wouldn't even cast ANYTHING. They'd rarely even have weapons. They'd just punch you with extremely low damage and very weak HP. That's why people always solo'd the shit out of them (specially Necros) even though they were single spawns -- because they were such safe XP.

At least on P99 they gave Bard NPCs some type of nukes instead.. but you can't help but think it's weird that a Bard is casting spells.

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