>Some people are responding to your initial post on this before they are
>reading your later clarification about your class type (i.e., other than
>chanter) ;-)

Eggzachary! Trust me, there's nothing that'll irk us (and perversely, amuse
at the same time) more than hearing about a sucky Bard.

I'd love to do a hall of shame on some of the Bards on Bertoxx. I agree
that there are too many who just don't know how to use their abilities to
the best effect.

Possible reason why: as most of the now 50+ Bards were growing up, they
shared a lot of information amongst themselves and educated younger Bards
who followed them. Then many bad things happened to the Bard class and
people stopped playing the class past level 20 or so for a while. Recently,
however, things have gotten better and interest has been re-kindled and
we're seeing many more Bards. However, there's a "Generation Gap" between
the old and new Bards with very little middle ground to pass on what we've
learned.

Places like the Concert Hall and this list help, but how many people do you
know would have the patience to wade through pages and pages of posts
dealing with mainly level 40/50+ issues to find newbie posts that will be of
any use to them?