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

[Wallicker]

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

I'm kind of set in my ways because the Bard is classified as a Melee class, and wears plate and dual wields. To me, that screams melee, face tank, and big DPS, not a pseudocaster with crappy DPS and mitigation disguised behind plate. I played a Combat Bard in EQOA, and that's exactly how they were, big time melee DPS with nice group support via songs, and okay HP. If something is classified as a Melee class, to me, that means it's meant to beat on things.

Would Bard DPS be anything noteworthy if they had Double Attack and Kick in their toolkit?

It would still be less than every other melee, once you get epic AND stack dots with 100% self haste while meleeing then you can do good DPS but not anything crazy