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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Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#1 Jul 02 2005 at 8:55 AM Rating: Decent
So I'm getting ready for a round of wolves in PoN and I get a message "You have acquired new veteran rewards!" Yehaa let's see what they came up with this time!

Staunch Recovery: Usable once every 3 days, the player is fully healed with health, mana, and endurance fully restored.

OMG that rules! Now, every 3 days, I can do TWO rounds of wolves if I have time!

So I do my round, run oom in the middle of a pull as usual, hit Staunch Recovery, and BAM up goes my health bar! Wait, my mana bar does not seem to be working! I tap it a few times like a stuck gas gauge! @#$#%! Still not working, it must be broken!

Hello, I'm Verant, and I really appreciate you keeping your account active since 1999, but I appreciate it just a little less because you're a Bard.
Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#2 Jul 03 2005 at 7:32 PM Rating: Good
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"Working as intended" They felt giving bards a full mana bar would be overpowering, for fading purposes. It was a hot debate on the official SOE bard forums for a while. I'm not sure what the stance is at the moment though since I've been out for a week or two, but I highly doubt they've changed they're opinions.
Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#3 Jul 08 2005 at 8:28 AM Rating: Default
"It is working as intended"

translates to

"We're too stupid to figure out how to make Staunch Recovery actually recover Bard's mana"
Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#4 Dec 24 2005 at 3:44 AM Rating: Decent
lol ok
Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#5 Jun 01 2006 at 1:11 PM Rating: Decent
Culwin wrote:

Hello, I'm Verant, and I really appreciate you keeping your account active since 1999, but I appreciate it just a little less because you're a Bard.


I love how people still blame things on Verant.
Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#6 Jun 06 2006 at 3:32 PM Rating: Decent
Way to revive a thread that hasnt been looked at for 7 months, ooh venerable test server Bard!

Lohe
70 Bard / Povar
Fix Staunch Recovery!!
#7 Jun 08 2006 at 11:50 AM Rating: Decent
Culwin wrote:
Way to revive a thread that hasnt been looked at for 7 months, ooh venerable test server Bard!

Lohe
70 Bard / Povar


Well I'm just starting of thinking of getting back into EQ and I was checking my old lurking grounds to see what was new/changed with bards. So I havn't been on the boards much. PLUS the damn post was right on the first page so I happen to notice it. SO SORRY for not checking the experation date.
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