Classes: The Bard

Bards - the jack of all trades. Each level is a new song and a new way to play. Handy with a weapon and able to wear decent armor, bards can hold their own in a fight. Plus, the ability to twist two to three songs without using mana gives the bard a magical ability like no other class.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the bard? Can they solo, and if so how? How should they best contribute to the group? What is the best strategy to develop your bard? What skills and songs are the most important for you to master? What equipment should you be trying to get for your bard.

Post your strategies on how to best play and develop the bard and read, rate and comment on what others have to say.

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65 + Soloing ?
#1 Nov 01 2004 at 2:30 AM Rating: Decent
Where are the best places that a bard can solo at lev 65 im tired of PoN where else is very good exp at this level plz someone help me out.
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#2 Dec 01 2004 at 7:28 AM Rating: Decent
Try Halls of Honor chant kiting. Runspeed 3 means you will out run them just. You can stack all 6 dots well.
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#3 Dec 01 2004 at 11:57 AM Rating: Good
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I know you said you're tired of PoN, but what were you soloing there? Were you doing general yardtrash/stalkers or gobbies and mephits? If you were doing yardtrash and stalkers, it would be good to go try the gobbies and mephits. If you just want to get out of PoN period, you can try the HoH thing. Chant kiting is insanely boring in my opinion though. I hear that it's possible to kite in some of the GoD instanced zones, you just need 2 people to help you start it. I personally prefer to group as much as possible, and only resort to soloing when I absolutely have to.
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#4 Feb 12 2005 at 6:55 PM Rating: Decent
I like to solo in NC:
1. NC near the WOS zoneline, if you head on the top of the trench kinda towards Bone Smasher and get to the first bridge this is a nice chant kite spot. You will need to lull pull the stuff across this bridge, but there are 6 mobs there to kill. The nice thing is every mob will increase your Loyalist faction, very important for OOW Plate armor quest. I use it as a faction building and AA exp spot. Its alittle easier once you reach 68 and have your OOW dots, more dmg from those songs. The mobs also drop quest pieces for OOW armor ie. Kyv Bow strings. Oh and very important, these mobs dont summon.

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#5 May 12 2006 at 2:49 AM Rating: Default
Any place to Swarm post 65?
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#6 May 16 2006 at 4:38 PM Rating: Decent
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PoN Gargoyles and Spiders are probably your best bet for swarming still. PoD Courtyard is decent, too. There are some places in Bloodfields where you can swarm but the Dragorns can have a random snare.

Once you get your level 70 charm you can swarm field 1 in PoFire, but they have pretty high resist rates and charm tends to break early.

If I were a betting man I'd say you could swarm in Elddar (with 70 charm) since I don't think anything there summons but I've never tried it myself.
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