Is a bard wrong for me?

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Bards are neither simple nor easy. You have to juggle whether you’re using melee or instruments, and since each song only lasts 3 or 4 ticks, you frequently have to decide which of two good options is better for the moment.

You can group all the way through while leveling if you wish, and I recommend doing that at least one level out of ten so you know how to group effectively. I personally think the sweet spot with bards is in duos or trios. Sometimes you can stay back and just twist mana/health regen. You can take over cc if there’s no enchanter, keeping up to three mobs mezzed. Charming is a great way to contribute dps and cc at the same time. Pulling is one of the strengths of bards, but up now till 48 I’ve only had four or five sessions where I was primarily pulling.

At higher levels in grouping it seems like the two best roles a hard can fill is either just pumping mana or pulling. That’s part of why I like duos and trios, where you have more roles you can fill. Raiding sounds like it’s mostly afk manasong, but I’ve never raided.

If you roll a bard, definitely spend levels 15-17 in crushbone throne room, where you can aoe mez and keep everything locked down. You can check out my bard thread to see more of my experiences leveling my bard.