Which class for Dungeon Crawl focus?

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

All that aside, I've literally never seen nor heard of a bard solo dungeon crawling basically anywhere, ever. I'd enjoy seeing it, but if this were really a thing, I think I would have at least heard of it at some point in the last several years of hanging around p99. I'm happy to be proven incorrect.

You are not incorrect. Bards can solo amazingly, but not crawl dungeons. I have leveled 2 bards (not that leveling 2 bards is a measure of skill or knowledge) and primarily group / duo, rather than swarm. I consider myself to be a pretty competent bard, and I hope others would agree.

Bards have a few primary methods of soloing:

Fear kiting (not appropriate in enclosed spaces with lots of potential adds)
Charming (not appropriate in enclosed spaces, as you'll take hits on every break)
Regular Kiting (not appropriate in enclosed spaces with lots of potential adds)

This isn't to say you can't solo for exp at very select camps in certain dungeons, but you'll never see a bard able to crawl through a dungeon the way a chanter or a shaman can.

Edit: Not trying to explain to you, rather to other people in the thread.