I guess it makes sense that the more items with manaless effects
there are in the game (lure items, CH BP's, etc.) the less use there
will be for Bard's mana regen.

Who thought of that when all these items came out, tho?

At least we finally lose our mana battery status. :)

One thing I'd like to point out... In an uber guild like Afterlife,
your raid may have the option of adding whatever class/level/baking
skill you want to a raid, but it doesn't necessarily work that way
for non-uber guilds. Many raids (albeit "lesser" raids) look for
warm bodies after the main classes are covered (cleric, tanks,
enchanter). In the situation Shada describes a Warrior, Monk, Rogue
or Cleric is better than adding a Bard, but in many cases it will
come down to adding a Bard over adding no one.

Darkfox

> because, adding a warrior, rogue, monk, or cleric is going to be

more useful than a bard helping some wizards med. also, all our
wizards will be oom and barely have put a dent in the 500K HP of one
of these mobs, and will be using their no mana lure items like VP
staff anyway.

>
> Shada