A Bard's Tale - Page 5

Flamewraith · #1 07-02-2013, 05:33 PM

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Oh whoops, I was looking at your second post in which you talk about our shitty regens, etc. That post doesn't mention anything about groups or raids.

My bad, my bad.

No problem I can see how you would get mixed up, in all I appreciate bards and I'm not saying it's a bad class, but almost anything a bard can do a specialist class can do better. They are a nice back up if a specialist is not available though.

zanderklocke · #2 07-02-2013, 05:41 PM

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This is me hanging out after killing some dragons and stuff.

Notice the singing steel breastplate, mystic koada`dal greaves, and rubicite boots. One of my cleric buddies loaned me some vambraces too.

t0lkien · #3 07-02-2013, 05:57 PM

The biggest issue with being a Bard is that when something goes wrong and the group wipes, you're left mentally going through your scores of songs and abilities, attempting to configure a combination you could have McGyvered up in a split second that would have saved the day. If I had 100pp for every time I took one for the team mezzing highly resistant mobs that inevitably reduced me to paste, giving everyone else time to zone, I'd have a BoH by now...

P.S. I'm a pretty ordinary puller personally, but here's an interesting legacy post from Thott that gives some insight: http://www.afterlifeguild.org/Thott/bard_pulling.php

Sarius · #4 07-02-2013, 05:59 PM

You probably haven't grouped with a good bard because most bards pre 50's are too busy swarm kiting. A good bard can easily make a group survive an unsurvivable situation, especially because they are a little more durable than a clothie enchanter

Flamewraith · #5 07-02-2013, 06:16 PM

Back on live igrouped with a few bards and my socks were never blown off. A few years ago I tried fippy and most of the bards on Fippy were egotistical dickheads (Tsun Zhu anyone?) and they were sub par in groups. Here on p99 I never really grouped with a bard (not surprising since I've only been grouped for about 11 of my 53 levels) but about a year ago my group died far at the bottom of Dalnir. The guy responsible for our wipe hopped on his lvl 55 planar geared bard t try and get our bodies back. As it turned out, he had never actually grouped or naturally leveled the bard, he had only ever swarm kited. His melee and defense skills were so low, and he was so inexperienced at playing a bard, that he wound up wiping us to four level 25 mobs after a 10 minute fight.

t0lkien · #6 07-02-2013, 06:24 PM

Yeah, I think p99 is a different world when it comes to Bards because of the kiting thing. I'm still leveling, but I spend a bunch of levels kiting then grouping to get my skills up. Also, grouping is much more fun really, albeit much slower XP.

p99 is for fun, it's not srs bzns. I don't see the point in rushing to top end. I'm here for the journey, which so far has been very enjoyable.

Sarius · #7 07-02-2013, 06:29 PM

People play the game as they will, but the swarming thing has got to stop. Even with the impending exp nerf, bards will still be able to PL. I think that institute the change that will not allow more than 4 mobs to keep agro on a single target at one time and force some of these bards to be a little more social.

Flamewraith · #8 07-02-2013, 06:53 PM

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People play the game as they will, but the swarming thing has got to stop. Even with the impending exp nerf, bards will still be able to PL. I think that institute the change that will not allow more than 4 mobs to keep agro on a single target at one time and force some of these bards to be a little more social.

Honestly, from reading posts by most of these infamous bards, I don't really think I want to group with any of them. Most of them sound like self entitled jerks. As for swarming, it is semi annoying, but there are tons of other zones to go to.

webrunner5 · #9 07-02-2013, 07:44 PM

I have been playing on here a long time and I can count on one hand all the really GREAT Bards I have grouped with. I am a mainly a healer class so I know what a good one does and doesn't do. But man a really good bard is a thing to behold.

So I know they are hard as hell to play without Melody. I am not worth a crap on one. Yeah I think kiting on here has ruined a lot of Bards.

boudicca · #10 07-03-2013, 12:48 AM

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Honestly, from reading posts by most of these infamous bards, I don't really think I want to group with any of them. Most of them sound like self entitled jerks. As for swarming, it is semi annoying, but there are tons of other zones to go to.

Then I'd graciously invite THEM to go to these other zones. Get out of their comfort zones, and go solo in the guks, in CT, in FV. It was done classically during Live.