As a Bard player, I have to say:

[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have no idea what bards are capable of. I have only grouped like 3 times total, but happened to group up with a <castle> bard the other day and was pretty impressed

He was charming adds with me (my huge cha buff apparently helps their charms), and rather than me peeing my mana finishing charm pets, I’d just root it and he’d stack 3 dots on it. Them dots are pretty nasty

And of course that mana song is juicy. It’s a shame that songs don’t affect pets on p99, I coulda swore they did on live EQ

When you have a good Bard, Necro, or Ranger in group - they can impress.

It's just hard to find players who can excel with them in groups.