Well said Crier, I replied to this msg on Backstage basically with the same
thing, but you actually took the time to provide many examples of what makes
bards kick ass. People need to quit pissing and moaning about these things,
and decide if they REALLY like playing a bard. If not, go play a DE necro or
a dorf-kiting druid. Good riddance. Of course our messages will be rebutted
with "BUT BUT BUT, WHAT ABOUT THIS" replies...
Sartori D'Elsiraad<Legion>
50th Bard, Maestro of the fashion disaster (god mith/imbrued looks ugly
together), Disco pimp, Stain on the floor of Nagafen's lair
Veeshan server
>From: "JasonF" <jasonf@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Kunark and new stuff
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 09:43:16 -0600
>
>I can solo Hill Giants.. Where's the problem?
>
>Here's one of the messages that I posted in response to a bitchy message
>over in the Lullaby thread:
>
>Bards -
>I think it's important for us to focus on the one aspect of bards that
>seems
>to be *bugged*, not flame Verant because you feel that the Bard class is
>underpowered or unbalanced. Those are not the issues that we're attempting
>to discuss with this thread, and quite frankly issues that I feel are
>incorrect. I absolutely love being a bard. I feel that I'm powerful enough
>and balanced quite well, thank you. However, I would love being a bard a
>bit
>more if Lullaby worked the way that GZ said on Veeshan that it should.
>
>At the risk of multiple nerfs, let's recap some of our abilities:
>We cover ground much faster than any class in the game. Our spells last
>indefinitely and require no mana. We can cast while running. We have the
>versatility to strengthen our songs by equiping instruments instead of
>weapons. We can duel wield some of the finest weapons in the game. We can
>wear plate, and our armor quests have always worked and yielded quite nice
>(and nice looking) armor. We can tank a bit. We can do some single-mob
>mezzing with Pixie Strike. We get party-wide Clarity that costs no mana to
>cast. We can heal up to 19 HPs a tick (manaless) for all party members and
>at lvl 47+ we can now heal for up to ~35 HPs/tick *for the entire party
>simultaneously and without mana*. We are the only class versatile enough to
>change party buffs *during battle* as the battle flow changes (caster shows
>up, change to MR songs). We can put up party-wide damage shields that are
>also resist enhancers. We get *the best* resist buffs in the game against
>fire, cold and magic making bards irreplacable for dragon raids. We can
>track, hide, sneak and forage. And more...
>
>Ladies and gentleman. We rock. Period.
>
>If you don't enjoy playing a bard then by all means start playing another
>class. The Bard class is NOT broken. A song's behavior is.
>
>Crier Sharpsong
>47th Bard on Fennin Ro
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