What is the point of a bard?

[sanforce]

Bards are extremely useful at high levels, can solo well, PL well ($ maker), and pretty much rock in any group (not exp groups). You can easily take a Bard to 60 with cloth armor and instruments from the guild merchant. I think it was a great starting class for you.

Then again, they are quite a bit of work. I'm level 60 and only really raid with my bard because twisting for hours on end in a loot group just isn't worth it. I prefer a lazy class for grouping and my bard for raiding.