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As for the original question, both bards and rogues are highly sought-after for groups, but bards are a lot less monotonous to play. However, they're also a pain in the ass to play, as you constantly have to be twisting songs. If you want to play a bard, though, you should have little trouble finding groups (and unlike a rogue, if no groups are available, you can solo).
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![]() So maybe this comes from my viewpoint as an enchanter, but I really just don't see how bards stack up at higher levels.
I guess enchanters and bards are pretty comparable for mana regen and crowd control. But enchanters get 65-70% haste compared to 45% bard haste - that's 15% faster killing right there, not to mention a charmed pet (even a post-nerf LB one) doing 40-50 dps, and 65-70% attack slow for tough mobs (very useful with no shaman) and stuns to interrupt casters. Plus your party has a much bigger chance living when the puller fucks up and brings 5+ mobs with an enchanter (although its probalby not great with either). And the cherry on the cake is we don't bring a 40% XP penalty. Don't get me wrong, I love playing my twink bard. And bards are without doubt faster levelers with AE kiting and much more useful on raids with twisting mana regen and resist buffing songs. And I'm sure the bard epic will make things much more competitive. | ||
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![]() Thanks so much guys for the insight... i'm going to keep my Bard and just go with it. I'm looking so forward to playing a game where so many things actually "matter"...
I miss that so much about games. The way armor is obtained, the dependency on others, camaraderie, etc. If you ever need anything the name is Muligan, though I am no longer a cleric and probably not as "needed" in more emergency situations, but I have and am always happy to help. Muligan Bard of P99 Form Dark Elf Cleric of Lanys | ||
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![]() just a disclaimer, in a full group, a bard should be a 5% exp penalty for each person in the group, if I understand it correctly.
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![]() err like 6.7%, i can't do maths on saturday.
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Group member A has 5000 total experience Group member B has 5500 total experience Group member C has 6000 total experience and Group member D has total 5500 experience The game will award the largest portion of experience to group member C because that member has the most experience. Group members B and D will receive the same amount of experience (the second largest portion) and group member A will receive the least amount of experience. Group member A could be a level 32 warrior or a level 28 bard, or a level 30 cleric. The moral of the story is (stolen from the wiki) group with people who have similar exp totals. | |||
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![]() Be a rogue like me.
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Bards 51 snare slow is 35/65% @ L60 but its also a huge AGI and AC debuff that stacks with cripple but gets bumped off as long as a larger slow or snare is on the mob. | |||
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