Hi ,
My Bard is a bit low level and as such has never been
to Burning Woods - but both my wizard and Ranger visit
there quite often.
I am part of a very big guild ( 150 plus) and our
guild channel is like the CNN of EQ . We know what
happens in virtually every zone of Norrath.
When any of us group with our bards ( 40plus ) in
burning woods we have an EXTREMELY hard time keeping
the mobs off him/her. Its like a flag pops up that
says Bard in the zone - get him/her.
In fact it has become so bad that the bard has to
camp after every aggro attack. That seems to help a
bit. We dont even bother to pull - the mobs just
charge at us. So now what happens is that the groups
rather prefer the enchanters - which really turns
everything into a nightmare for the bard.
The same group without a bard - with enchanter- has
nowhere near the amount of aggro's to deal with. In
fact at a specific loc it is relatively safe and no
MOBS wander close - untill the bard joins. Then the
whole zone wants to visit the previously relatively
safe loc.
Wow - we ramble on dont we - anyhow - back to my own
bard - experienced something similar in everfrost last
night.
I normally fight down by the south tower killing
Mammoths. Barb warriors love grouping with me cause I
can regen ( note not heal ) and it reduces their down
time dramatically .
So I get to the south tower - Orc Shaman charges me -
literally running over other players to get at me. Not
a big problem - Selos up and Mistmoore Battledrum (
twink is such a nasty word) and off I go.
I run all the way to the One Guard and sit there and
nothing happens so I go back. I get to the tower and
THREE shamans come charging for me. Okay now it gets
hairy but I survive and run back to 1 Guard and camp
trying to clear the hate list.
So I get to the tower and all my friends ask me what
did I do to the shamans that they are so heavily aggro
onto me. They all can stand there relataively close to
the shaman and nothing will happen. As soon as I (
bard) get close all the shamans gun for me.
Needless to say- this is making my bardic experiences
turn into survival experiences. And therefore really
making my bard life a hard one.
So what I am really advocating is - why should we be
on the TOP of every zone hate list ? My
ranger/wizard/enchanter and necro dont have these
problems and therefore level much faster than my bard.
I guess I am having the Bardic Blues and really cant
figure out how some of you got past level 50 while
being the most wanted beings in Norrath.
Laters,
Songer.
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