Actually it can. We aren't hybrids like the others. They USE mana and they
ARE hybrids. They lump bards in with 'hybrids' for lack of a better area
for us. We aren't melee we aren't casters therefore they stick us with
hybrids to categorise us.
I still get a kick out of people thinking there is some kind of XP "penalty"
for being a hybrid. It's not a "penalty" it's just harder to level certain
classes than it is to level others. This is due to varying benefits that
each class has. Go look at an AD&D players handbook and look at the xp
differences for each class. If you look in a 1st Edition one you can even
look at bards and realize that they are the single hardest class in AD&D to
level (had to level to 10 in warrior, 10 in thief then switch to bard and
level on an xp curve comparable to that of a paladin.).
As to why we didn't get the mana bonus? Uhhh we never had the mana penalty
and our mana isn't used in the same way anyway. I don't remember the last
time I ran out of mana so... no offense... who cares.
The ONLY thing I agreed with in that post was the part about lullaby and
chains and pixie. That was the only valid point that the player brought up.
Abashi's response is, unfortunately, typical. I gave up long ago on ever
seeing pixie/lulaby fixed and recently gave up on seeing chains being put
back the way it belongs. To be honest I can even see Verant's reasoning for
their snare nerf (and it wasn't just us, get over that, it affected rangers
and druids too)
Lyrnia Jongleur
Bard of Norrath
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