Could you imagine the whining that would go on if they gave us
bards bind affinity and not war/rng/pal/shd/mnk/rog?
That scary thought alone should be enough to convince you that
a bard only change would not be worth it.
>
> From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@...>
>
> > I agree that all of our songs are temporary. But I would point out that all
> > spells in the game are temporary, with the exception of Bind.
>
> This is true. But unlike spells, which can be cast and forgotten about for
> long periods of time, Bard songs must be continuously sung to work
> effectively. A song that could be sung and have a permanent effect would be
> contrarian to the way the class works. Forgetting game balance and all other
> issues, a binding song just makes no sense in the world of Norrath.
>
> > Heck, if we had 6 or 7 combat skills like the other 3 hybrids, I'd agree that
> > Bind would be completely inappropriate. But really, it would be like saying,
> > Clerics can't have bind because the Rangers would be pissed! We're a breed
> > apart.
>
> Indeed we are a breed apart. As another poster has written we are "no-class."
> I would almost say that there are four types of player classes in EQ:
> casters, melee, hybrids, and bards. True, we don't have the combat skills
> that the 3 hybrids do. But we can do some pretty amazing things to
> compensate. We don't use mana like the other hybrids (Dirge excepted). We
> can reduce downtime like no other class in the game. We can fill wildcard
> spots in just about any group: from crowd control to tanking. To give us
> these combat skills would unbalance us wildly, and the next thing you know all
> the kewl d00dz would be playing bards.
>
> I would love a binding song. I would love better combat skills. But I
> honestly think that beefing us up in either of these areas would cause other
> classes to call foul...and probably result in a suite of unwanted nerfs for
> the bard class.
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