At 08:24 AM 9/14/00 -0600, you wrote:
Hello all, I another of the various lurkers on this list.
I have noticed the grouping problem myself for 48 (almost 49) level now and
my solution has been to marry a warrior.(also my real-life husband)
If we can't find a group (few and far between) we have no problem hunting
just the two of us. Takes longer to level but at least we can still hunt.
Polanya Bladedancer
Bard of 48 (soooo close to 49 I can smell it)
>Ok, I'm a little confused on this.. do Bards REALLY have a more difficult
>time grouping?
>I mean, my wizard friend whines constantly that wizards are not really
>needed, druids have whined that nobody likes to group with them, even as a
>shaman Ispend a lot of lonely nights.
>
>So maybe its not that people don't want bards but its just that some nights,
>its impossible for anyone to get a group? Or maybe not ?
>
>Halana, 56th Shaman
>Tani, 28th Bardette
>Solusek Ro
>
> >
> >
> > I can just see this (try to think about it) ;)
> >
> > If bards are the best grouping class in all Everquest,
> > every group should love to have one.
> > But in the reality of Norath, a bard can hardly find a group.
> >
> > So something is wrong, and i know that's not the "a bard can
> > hardly find a
> > group"
> >
> > Nothing to say more.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> > Envoy├® : mercredi 13 septembre 2000 21:48
> > À : 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> > Objet : [eqbards] Abashi's response to a very well thought out post
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, although it was one of the most thoughtful posts I have
> > seen in a long
> > time, it got the usual treatment from VI. Here was Gordon's response.
> >
> > While I'll leave in-depth determination of "role" to those
> > playing it, I
> > think that you've answered your own question here. Bards are
> > good at so many
> > things, you're surely here to do some of those things. I feel
> > that Bards
> > excell at making a good group better. That's my opinion. What's more
> > important though is, what is a bard's role to you? If you
> > look at it as a
> > walking-talking mana battery, there's not really much I can
> > do to make you
> > feel better about it. It's the same issues with the clerics who often
> > complain that they are a walking-talking hitpoint-battery.
> > You are a support
> > class. You support the group, and you do it very well.
> > Whether or not you
> > are happy with that role is up to you.
> >
> > - Gordon
> >
> > Pretty pathetic in my opinion. Obviously Gordon just doesn't get it.
> > There's a huge difference between the satisfaction one gets
> > from saving a
> > comrade's life (virtual or not) and the satisfaction of
> > knowing that the
> > druid can get off one more Careless Lightning because you
> > stood around and
> > played mana battery. What a joke. Obviously in VI's
> > "Vision" bards are not
> > meant to be real characters. Our role is solely to support
> > other's efforts.
> > They should have called the class "Sidekick" instead.
> >
> > Kit
> >
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