Bards post 40 are mana batteries

[PabloEdvardo]

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

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.

swarming is fun but I agree unless you're racing to max a bard to 60 the reward of grouping it (at the very least, grouping for a level for two every 5-10 levels if you still are swarming) can do so much for improving group play

the number of groups i've had my bard in where I got compliments and all I was doing was "basic bard stuff" like twisting more than 1 song and mezzing, it really shows what the average bard is doing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Gloomlord]

I'm sure most people are aware, but the vast majority of bards are god-awful, and should not be playing the class.

[Encroaching Death]

How hard is it to suck on a flute?

[Duik]

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

How hard is it to suck on a flute?

Pretty hard, may as well say ya gotta slave away ya day.

[Tann]

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

How hard is it to suck on a flute?

I'm by no means an expert on sucking, but I'm fairly certain you're supposed to blow into a flute and/or any wind instrument.. it ain't called a vacuum instrument my banned dude.

[electrical]

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

I'm by no means an expert on sucking, but I'm fairly certain you're supposed to blow into a flute and/or any wind instrument.. it ain't called a vacuum instrument my banned dude.

That guy had 2011 posts in 47 days. He didn’t have time to experience the game because he was constantly on the forums.

[Renault]

A well played bard in a group role is always busy, and the bard kit makes it super fun. You can be pull+cc, just cc, support (mana regen, haste, slows, ds), or dps. You can help a group save mana by selective use of snare/fear, charm a caster, etc. Playing on a bard in a group is one of the most fun MMO experiences I have ever had. As noted earlier, a well played bard can also do some very crazy solo stuff - though the lack of any mem blur is the one thing lacking.

...but then you get to a raid setting and you are expected to sit in camp and play mana song. In fact you get yelled at by enchanters if you try to CC. The best case is you get put in a tank or dps group so you are actually expected to position and provide resists.

[Tann]

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

...but then you get to a raid setting and you are expected to sit in camp and play mana song.

are resists not a big deal in the p99 raid scene? haven't raided since ntov back in whatever hell year that was on eq live and I swear getting resist songs up was top priority back then.

[PatChapp]

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

are resists not a big deal in the p99 raid scene? haven't raided since ntov back in whatever hell year that was on eq live and I swear getting resist songs up was top priority back then.

Resists are top priority,usually one bard gets on cleric detail one in the tank group

[busted]

More evidence that bards suck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q6v_UvJBho

I think the case is closed.