Bards post 40 are mana batteries

[Bardp1999]

It gets even worse when your mez reaches uselessness in the 50s, Bard mez has a level cap that make it unviable pretty much everywhere high level. If you want to make it to 60 you need to be sociable and make friends or get good at swarming

[Ennewi]

The majority of Fear, Hate, and Sky is bard mezzable, with the exceptions off bosses and a few 55+'s. Even hatchlings in ToV can be mezzed/charmed with songs.

[Toxigen]

so afk and manasong then

[busted]

Yeah bards are super weak.

It's not like they can solo entire HS wings or anything https://www.twitch.tv/sugz4/video/1155754690

They also can't sneak down into dungeons and solo their own loots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV5_Wd8asg8

Afkers for surrrrrre

[busted]

Bard soloing harm merbs? No way. Not persible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PyoBRnfFuY

[Vivitron]

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

Bard soloing harm merbs? No way. Not persible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PyoBRnfFuY

That's great. I just ripped off this strategy to bard solo a cliff golem by charming Tourmaline and Corundium. It took 18 minutes, 3 gargoyles (one respawned), and about 2/3rds of my mana.

[Stonewallx39]

Get eyeball helm - https://wiki.project1999.com/Singing_Steel_Helm
Non stop train pulls
Use AOE slow/snare, charm, mez if needed, mana song too I guess.
Make sure to make passive aggressive comments from time to time about your groups DPS “too bad we don’t have better dps, we could really take advantage of all this xp…” and gear.

[Encroaching Death]

I wish I knew how to play a Bard but they seem so complicated for some reason.

Maybe I should just dive head first into one.

[PabloEdvardo]

bard class has the most disparity between absolute shit players and good ones imo

I found this thread from Google (https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...=324585&page=2) where people are saying you should never use a weapon over instruments in a group because the dps from chants is so much better

yet not a single person pointed out that if you're twisting your 3 chants, you're not twisting 3 group buffs, which means 4 songs + melee dps can be better than 3 chants and 1 song for your group

most bards, even lvl60 bards, are absolute shit at the group game and knowing how to use their kit

[Encroaching Death]

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

most bards, even lvl60 bards, are absolute shit at the group game and knowing how to use their kit

While swarm kiting sounds fun and tempting, aside from making instant enemies - this is the main reason why I would never swarm kite on a Bard.