Lets Talk Em, Bard STAAAAAATS!

[Crawdad]

Played a raid-crazy bard from 99-04, just started barding again here recently.

Back in the day, my priorities for gear were:

Resists (Only for AE fights/Raids) > HP > Cha > Dex > Stam > All else.

Wear Plate and don't worry about AC, it'll be on all your gear anyways. In groups, unless you're tanking (usually a bad idea), HP always > AC. The damage you take in groups is going to be a few hits from the mobs you pulled to camp, from casters switching targets to nuke, or from you stealing aggro from your tank (lol). Whichever way it happens, AC isn't going to safe your butt as frequently as having a larger HP pool.

Flowing Thought would be right after HP... if we somehow saw Fading Memories on this server.

Stats I would do 10 Cha/10 Dex/5 Stam, but I like round numbers. Some people swear by starting points in Stam, I personally don't think the abysmal Hp returns on it are as helpful as less missed notes/resists while leveling. You want +HP on your items, not +Stam.

Instrument skills (Singing) definitely matter, and coupled with your latency(/luck) will determine if you're great or mediocre at twisting.