By non-combat he is talking SUPPORT roles, not trade skills. I can do much
more damage buffing/healing/debuffing then I can with a couple of puny
blades. Every since I demolished a lvl 26th Paladin at 22nd lvl, using no
weapons BTW, I have been a firm believer in the power of the Bard's song.
If you are limiting yourself to only being on the front line swinging your
sword at the creatures face, you are limiting yourself and not helping the
party to your full abilities. It also takes a lot more bravely to face down
a horde of ice goblins with nothing more then a lute equiped :)
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
Master Brewer, Baker, Potter, and Smith
Amerginn - Test server
>From: "SpudSucker" <sprite@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard petition ideas (Long)
>Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 20:24:18 -0400
>
>From: "SpudSucker" <sprite@...>
>
> >Give me a noncombatant role any day of the week.
> >
> >I think overall as a class - MOST bards - at least those well suited to
>the
> >role have matured past having to be the center of attention and HERO of
>the
> >day.
>
>
>Uh... In EQ there really isn't much non combat (Trade Skills), and what
>minor features the game provides in that area are in need of a huge ammount
>of work. In short, if you like non combat EverQuest just isn't for you. I
>would never want to give anything away just for a skill where I target an
>NPC or get within a certain distance and press a button, get a few copper
>if
>you are successful or nothing if you fail, and then do it over and over and
>over and over again. At least combat is a little more complex then that,
>even if a bard is a twitch character.
>
>Bards are the true jack of all trades in EQ, and I LOVE that. I don't even
>have downtime compared to my other classes! Forget meditating for five to
>ten minutes after a fight, I am a bard. :) I get to run fast, wear armor,
>get weapons, duel weild, cast spells in the form of songs, have a very
>diverse list of song abilities, and to top it all off I get tracking! We
>get some of everything. We may not be masters at any on thing, but boy is
>it fun to do so much!
>-Sprite