Bard Melee and Instrument Swapping?

[Bardp1999]

Properly twinked a Bard is a great Tank until about level 45...then the mitigation becomes a real nightmare and even though you can keep agro you probably shouldn't. I was rocking a Fungi and CoF though.

A big problem is most/all Bard weapon have terrible ratios compared to other melee. I think on Live Bards eventually got a gimp version of Backstab and even Feign Death to help make them a bit less of a stand around character.