A Bards Thought of the Day

[Delvesh]

Give me a break. Gear is a huge part of these games. The people are cool, beating new content is fun, but making your toon more effective is a major part as well. And gear is how that is done once you have figured out the best play style.

Thing is, most bards can handle keeping 4 songs up, and know what to do when the are in the MT, cle or support group, high vs no resist fight and know the best mix to balance out any class deficiencies in the raid.

So then how do we add more value? Once we have the basic requisite gear to live through a fight, our instruments are really the only thing that can make us more effectice, its the only modifier that really improves our out put.

Every other class is a sum of its collective parts. Granted melee are impacted by weps greatly, but they still benifit as a whole from each upgrade. If I get 6 more str, 5 dex, 10ac, 10 magic more on a piece, it's really added nothing if I have a brass instrument in my hand and am playing a DS rotation.

So yes, call it what you will. But I would be far more excited to get that kinda stat buff on my monk over my bard.