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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Swarming at 58?
#1 Feb 07 2005 at 8:04 AM Rating: Decent
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Hi there, I was wondering if any of the more experienced Bards would be able to make suggestions on zones to swarm in at 58 and above?

I have swarmed in PoD and PoN for the last few levels and AA's and now would like to be able to kite somewhere with a few more mobs. Ideally it would be somewhere with good exp per mob and lots of mobs. Personally I can't stand chant kiting 1 mob at a time otherwise I'd be in Valor non-stop.

Any help would be appreciated.
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#2 Feb 07 2005 at 9:42 AM Rating: Good
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Unfortunately, you're going to be stuck in PoN/PoD if you want to swarm. Once you get your level 64 charm, you can swarm yardtrash in addition to the stalkers and hobgoblins, but there's really not many places we can swarm anymore.

When swarming in PoN, you aren't just stuck to killing stalkers. Bring in a treant, spider or raven or two and use your stalkers to wear the other mobs down. When they get low on HP, you can chant them down for full experience. This has the added benefit of more experience as well as slowing down your kite a bit so you don't run out of mobs too quick. It's pretty easy to grab another tree or spider when you need them.
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#3 Mar 16 2005 at 10:56 PM Rating: Decent
i know this is gonna make me sound noobish but i thought swarm kiting was nerfed?
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#4 Mar 17 2005 at 1:57 PM Rating: Good
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AE kiting was nerfed, but they left swarming as it was.
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#5 Mar 20 2005 at 4:22 PM Rating: Decent
lol even more newb like question (my first bard you see) whats the difference
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#6 Mar 20 2005 at 9:46 PM Rating: Good
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Check this thread. I gave a general overview of the most popular soloing methods for bards for Campdog in that thread. They're very general overviews, but should be able to help you figure out the major differences at least.
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