Well I think we're all excluding one factor here, which I will call the
"attentiveness" factor. Druids, Necros, Warriors, Clerics... most of these
classes you can have a fairly low attention level. You may think I'm crazy
but say you're soloing a Necro... you kill kill kill for 5 mins and then med
for 10, allowing you to afk, watch tv, knit, etc. Clerics in a big raid
buff and heal ... all they have to do is keep an eye out for their party
members health - think about how most clerics say their class is "boring as
hell." Warriors, hit auto attack, and taunt and kick now and then.
Now of course on a big/important raid everyone is gonna pay attention. And
ANY class where you are alert you will play better/use the class to its
fullest.
Bards though, you have to be THERE all the time, not lost in tells, not half
afk, not watching tv.. or things get nasty fast. This is why i think people
burn out on bards quickly in general. In my opinion the bard class is
pretty evenly balanced - prolly not perfect but nothing is... but you have
to be ATTENTIVE to play it even semi-well... and as time goes by in EQ, I
notice more and more people lacking attention.
Hope that sort of makes sense :)
Halana, 59th Shammy
Tani, 47th Bardette
Solusek Ro
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reeves, Patrick W [mailto:pwr3@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:50 AM
> To: 'eqbards@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Bard% was (Patch message)
>
>
> I have a bard friend that just restarted on a new server.
> She is spending
> her days quad kiting and she is only 20th lvl...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyr, Thierry [mailto:thierry.cyr@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:30 AM
> To: 'eqbards@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Bard% was (Patch message)
>
>
> hehe if we're so overpowered why is it there's only 2 bards
> in my guild
> above 30? being me at 50 and another at 56? Sure we have a
> couple twinks in
> the teens and 20's but that's just that, a twink... Well one
> of em might be
> leveling up to 50+ since his necro is 60. If we'd be so
> overpowered the
> populations would be like that of a druid or necro soloers...
>
> Minkin 50 bard
> RIP
> Ayonae Ro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blitz_krieg@... [mailto:blitz_krieg@...]
> Sent: February 26, 2001 3:19 PM
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Re: Bard% was (Patch message)
>
>
> > That's why I laugh whenever someone says that bards are
> overpowered. The statement is ludicrous on its very face. If that
> were true, in a game dominated by the mechanics of level advancement
> and ability to overpower foes, then there would be more than the flat
> (100/14)% bards. There are not. It is not because bards are some
> great secret either. Sure a lot of people don't know all that bards
> can do, but that is because it takes far, far more work to play a
> bard than any other class. Probably why I like them, they are much
> more challenging. Anybody can hit autoattack and the occasional
> taunt, bash, or kick hotkey.
>
>
> When someone says Bards are overpowered, they're making a comparison
> of a well played Bard vs. a well played <whatever class>. That
> comparison _ignores_ that Bards are inherently more difficult to play
> well.
>
> When you're saying it's ludicrous, you're adding difficulty in
> playing the class into the equation of a Class' power. It's 2
> different comparisons, really.
>
> They're saying, "That's a big grape." and you're responding
> with, "That's silly, anyone can see that it's one of the smaller
> fruits."
>
> Darkfox
>
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