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I will say I also do not use macros on my bard, you get used to the double taps, it's not as brutal as everyone says it is. I play other competitive games and bard isn't even close to as hard as other games as far as key presses, including World of Warcraft if you PvP. Maybe people expect a calmer gaming experience on P99 cause its an old game I dunno

Something I will add is the tops for me was using my Singing Steel Helm right click effect Eye of Zomm to pull for the group meanwhile still twisting songs back at my character and tanking and mezzing.

You get used to timing it and knowing when to Eye pull so you are chain pulling without leaving and still filling another role like Tanking if your group doesn't have one, especially someplace like Karnor's Castle

Point being the skillcap can go pretty deep, or you can afk sing regen, choice is yours

As far as gear goes, besides weapons, get Stamina and Resist stuff when you can afford it, DoTs outperform weapons once you have a few in your later levels and are using instruments to boost them, unless you have your epic or high end weapons