Playing a bard without kiting.

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I did a lot of the 50+ leveling on my bard doing trios. 3 manning camps that are usually occupied by full groups is great exp. Bard/cleric/warrior and bard/shaman/monk always worked out really well. Soloing with dots or charm works, but i've never seen the appeal of leveling that way. In general I'm not a huge fan of soloing except for a few classes, so if I'm gonna do it I might as well do the most efficient version of it. 3 man groups is the way to go for leveling a bard imo. Better exp than a full group, and with less people it forces everyone in the group to really play their best. Full groups always seem to have one or two slackers.