Bards are pretty overrated for general gameplay before Kunark. You definitely want them in raids for resist songs, but other than that, they don't really do anything well. Mana song is kinda good but only when you're doing nothing else, the slows are really bad, and bard CC is only just good enough to suffice. Their haste and melee buffs are only worth anything if the group has no shaman or enchanter. They can pull, but so can any other class with lull/harmony. Most people are never gonna raid, and outside of those resist songs, they're kinda just mediocre at a wide variety of things. They won't be great levelers with the 4-mob limit on spells and songs. There are very few possible group setups where a bard is worth having over another DPS. There would basically have to be no shaman, no enchanter and no puller. People just have this ingrained notion of "bard = always great."
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10-02-2019, 06:20 PM
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