">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."
I don't disagree with you... we're fantastic at filling in the gaps, but I
find that I've been in "well-balanced" groups a lot more often. Perhaps it's
just me, but we seem to never lack for a tank of some sort, meaning I rarely
have to go up there and become the meat shield. I'm not saying this never
happens, but as you put it, it's occasional. Thus, I can't consider this my
main job... My main job is making that tank better at what he does. No
enchanter? Of course I handle crowd-control, however, that's not my main job
either. When we do have an enchanter (and lately, I've been grouping with
enchanters more and more - perhaps they're more readily available at higher
levels?) I can make his job a lot easier by coordinating with him/her, and I
feel I can make that enchanter a much better one.
And I don't think that the bard tends to "fade away" in large raids...
Perhaps it depends what you're raiding, but off the top of my head, our MR
songs alone are indispensible. Even in a group with two tanks, an enchanter,
a cleric, and a <fill in the blank here>, a bard is a welcome addition due
to our many talents. True, there are no deficient spots to fill, but those
members of the group are now much more efficient with a bard along, as is
the group as a whole. We're able to pull quicker, have less down-time, and
kill quicker than that same group would have been able to without the added
bard.
Just my 2cp's.
Sonnett
>From: Jeffrey Sue <jsue@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
>To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Soloing bards
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:43:04 -0800
>
>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.
>
> >value in a group isn't as apparent as the wizards's after he blasts a
> >beastie for 500 damage, or the cleric's after he heals someone for 500
>hit
> >points... but I feel that what I add to the group, is, in some cases,
> >invaluable.
> >
> >Sonnett
> >Brell Serilis
> ><Lifekeepers>
>
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