I still believe that all classes are powerful at different levels. You say
you retired your shaman at level 12. Yup, those were bad levels. Also the
late 20s sucked bad. By level 34 though, you get your pet, your slowdown
buffs and HP buffs ... wow. I would say a shaman at 50 is one of the MOST
powerful classes.
And I would say the same of Bards. Try doing a dragon raid without bards...
try fear or hate without bards... sure you can do it but wow, they make SUCH
a difference. By level 50, they are incredibly powerful. And well, then
there is the whole run fast thing :)
I think the trick to playing any class in EQ is sticking with it through the
"rough times" and to try to emphasize your strengths not worry about the
class weaknesses.
Tani/Halana
Solusek Ro
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Costlow [mailto:
atlatyl@...]
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:36 AM
To:
eqbards@onelist.com
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Attack speedups
--- "Kimes, Dean W." <
dean_kimes@...>
wrote:
> All kidding aside, my point is bards are on the
> third tier at everything.
> We really do not have anything that is on a primary
> tier level. The other
> hybrids are also a bit weak on primary but have
> additional secondaries to
> make up for it. I'm just not sure being third rate
> at nearly everything is
> as useful as Verant seems to think it is.
>
> Kit
I agree that we're weak in a lot of areas. But then,
I retired my 12th lvl Shaman because I think that's an
underpowered class.
So why do any of us play a bard? I'd say, because
it's fun to outrun that train of orc oracles at 5th
lvl, because there's nothing cooler than starting to
heal that 6th lvl group on orc hill and have people
say: "Wow! Sweet!"
It's about going to the beholder room and being the
charm-proofer.
It's about passing high lvl druids in the Karanas
like they're standing still.
It's about dynamic buffing -- when we buff, nobody is
left out. We can change buffs in the middle of the
fight, we are the stick shift characters of this game.
Everybody else's spells are what the military calls
"fire and forget".
It's tough to be a good bard...and I play for the
challenge and roleplay.
But underpowered? YES, YES, YES. They really need to
make us a bit tougher.
Tyunes
ex-druid, ex-shaman, ex-necromancer...
Rodcet Nife
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