Too many bards?
 

This morning I was playing in Freeport with my newly re-created bard. After dying a couple of times while kiting (at level 2... gotta love strafing) I did a /who to check who was online and, of about 10 people, there were 10 bards.

Are we going to be overrun by bards (me included)? :P

I guess that most will eventually burn out or have to retire due to RSI, but it was quite impressive.

Do /who all 55-60 bard

That's the real number on bards on the server, minus /roleplayers. Most people who play a bard will quit after 50 or before. Only the true bards will grind to 60

Nah, the server will definitely not be overrun by bards.

Lots of the bards you might see online are EC mules. Even more of the bards you see online will quit their bard before they get to 55+ (let alone 60). Raids pretty much want/need 1 bard per group. And then even if there are a ton of bards, there still won't be a ton of good bards.

Hell. I love my bard, and I'm not afraid of a grind, and I've still been stuck in 57 for like 2 weeks... and 57 is nothing compared to 59.

Why are there so many EC mule bards? I've noticed this too, is it because you can move while encumbered if you're playing Selo's?

But, this server is overrun with dr00dz and monks, mostly.

Yes, selo's/CoB can let you carry a ton of Plat w/o binding you to the ground

wtb more 60 bards

When it comes to Barding, only the strong survive. And boy did I ever survive.

1-50 in a few weeks solo and unassisted is a pretty appealing way to return to eq after a 10 year break.

personally i re-rolled ranger cause i likes the challenge, and because.......

FTFY. count catches /roleplay and /anon, and the dash would return zero results (basically its a syntax error).