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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#1 Jan 17 2007 at 12:59 PM Rating: Decent
ive been away from eq for a few years since eq 2 .ive since come bac to play my 59 bard . i greatly miss the swarm kites. now someone has told me that bard were severly nerfed namely that ae's no longer work on mobs when moving. is this true? and if so whats a bard ti do?
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#2 Jan 18 2007 at 8:26 PM Rating: Decent
they're nerfed to the point that you can't kite whole zones. Other than that, only way they are "overpowered" is the way you play him. If someone is an expert bard, they will be super powerful, if you are just starting, you're gonna underpowered.
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#3 Aug 11 2007 at 2:10 AM Rating: Decent
u can still swarm kite using charm just get a train charm the mobs let them get it down to like 20% or below them invis/hide break charm with mob targeted and dot it the las tlittle bit then rinse and repeat till mobs are gone
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#4 Aug 14 2007 at 2:59 AM Rating: Good
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With a range of 30 on charms level 70 and above, swarm kiting dosen't really work anymore.
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#5 Aug 14 2007 at 7:27 AM Rating: Decent
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YCHIR wrote:
With a range of 30 on charms level 70 and above, swarm kiting dosen't really work anymore.


I guess the 100's of AA I've gotten at level 75 swarm kiting are a figment of my imagination :)



Edited, Aug 14th 2007 11:32am by Cilrail
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#6 Oct 23 2007 at 11:33 AM Rating: Decent
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I read on another post, the best way to maintain a swarm kite is to mez the mob you intend to charm, run the train off, and come back to charm. This enables you to charm your intended pet without it beating the snot out of you.
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#7 Oct 24 2007 at 1:46 PM Rating: Good
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You can still swarm kite, but it really is a horrid pain to do.

I find Direwind is a nice place to try at 75.
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#8 Oct 26 2007 at 4:19 PM Rating: Decent
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What mobs in Direwind?
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