Are Bards strong enough/sturdy enough to solo in melee combat?

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

But once you start facetanking mobs over lvl 37 that hit for 100+ you’ll start running into issues without really superb gear, fungi and lute of the howler are huge for solo face tanking and really an epic....

The palace guards are level 33-37 and remain solid exp until about 52-53 or so. There's a 52 monk there right now who says those guards still give him high green exp. And the captain is still blue.

Their max hit is 80.