lotsa necros I know have switched to bards as well, in fact, our guild just
lost another necro cause he's started a bard, which is all good since we're
very low on bards. but at the rate we're losing necros we'll be out of em
soon enough. And you are right, much more usefull on a raid as a bard then a
necro, but then again, sometimes those pets make quite a difference in the
dmg delt to big mobs.

*shrug*
Minkin

-----Original Message-----
From: Cranfill, Wendy [mailto:Wendy_Cranfill@...]
Sent: August 24, 2001 12:13 PM
To: 'eqbards@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Be very afraid....

owie =/
hehe

Well I can see your points Shada, but I have to also say that I still do
believe Bards are useful on raids. People say shaman are useful on raids..
sure, 3 shaman are, but 6? If there are 6 shaman on our raids I just sit
there and play Diablo on my other comp. (Hope nobody from my guild is
reading this!) And again, I haven't played a bard on 40+ person raids. I
do know that our main Necro switched to the bard character of someone who
had left the game (Iridis), and he is constantly amazed at how much more
useful bards are than necros in group raids.

*shrug*
Maybe its that we all just get bored after a while?

Halana/Tani

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)
> [mailto:garramone@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:59 AM
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Be very afraid....
>
>
> You mean 380MR when VI says the cap is 255 and anything over
> is wasted?
> Or the people who say they resist less with 350 than with
> 190? With the
> first nag and vox raids when there was not a large variety of resist
> gear, sure bards helped a lot. Today, anyone can easily buff their
> resists with equipment. Tests are inconclusive as to what
> point resists
> are soft-capped (anywhere from 175 to 255). Level is the
> primary factor
> in resisting. Equipment gives you permanent resists and resists buffs
> from other classes stay on you whereas resists from bards are
> gone when
> they lag or die.
>
> i.e. there is nothing amazing about bard resists except impressing
> others with big numbers, you haven't "needed" bards for resists in a
> long time. I'm only talking about need with your and Dark's
> arguments.
> You don't need a bard for resists, you don't need a bard for DS (every
> person in an AL raid gets a diamond from the VP mage staff, DS done on
> EVERY person in the raid, not just 6 people in 1 group). You
> only need
> 1 bard for OOS.
>
> Now I agree with Dark about 6-man EXP groups. Bards are incredible IF
> they are filling in the role of enchanter/shaman. If an enchanter or
> shaman is there, there are things you CAN do, but the true skills of a
> bard are wasted. On a big raid if there is more than 1 bard there,
> there are things you CAN do, but another class could help the
> raid much
> more.
>
> Disclaimer: I loved my bard, always have. I didn't quit
> cause of bards,
> was cause of RL. I didn't come back as a monk for any reason, I liked
> how cured silk looked on humans, that's about it. Ya I am 50 now I do
> love the monk but will always be a bard at heart.
>
> Shada/Erisi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cranfill, Wendy [mailto:Wendy_Cranfill@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:00 AM
> To: 'eqbards@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Be very afraid....
>
>
> I totally disagree Shada, bards are very useful, imo on large
> raids, the
> resistances they provide alone are amazing...
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