I agree totally. I was very careful when I worded that statement. It
doesn't apply to a group where you are filling the holes nearly as much as
it does to a balanced group.

My experiences are probably different from most, though given my preferred
places to hunt. I don't hunt outdoors, I don't like it. I'm a dungeon
addict to the extreme. I also like to make a group and go to a dungeon
where there just aren't any people around except a couple groups. This
combination means that more often than not, I'm in a balanced group.

Kaelrei

> At 10:43 PM 1/30/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >"I'll leave the serious damage dealing to the
> >tanks and casters. I'd rather make them more able to do their jobs than

try

> >to do it for them."
> >
> >Wow, great line! Mind if I quote you on that the next time I'm having

this

> >argument with someone? ;) I've always felt the same way you do - my main
> >job, as a bard, is to make everyone better at their jobs. Yes, perhaps my
>
> i see my main job as a bard as filling in the gaps, which is a little

different from

> making everyone better at their jobs. occasionally you will be in groups

without

> real damage dealers and you will have to step in and deal that damage.

this is

> why the bard is so powerful in an unbalanced group (i.e. missing certain

components)

> as compared to balanced groups. also why the bard seems to fade away in

big

> raids (regardless of ubermob or not) because most big raids are by

definition, balanced.