Have a 60 Bard and Red and currently 40 Bard on Green. Here are my thoughts as well:
Stats
As mentioned in the previous post - charisma is not too relevant nor is dexterity. The beauty of bards is that if you "Miss a note" (fizzle), you can immediately recast. I cant think of any situation in which the fizzle caused me to die or fail to do something critical in the 1/2 second timespan it took me to restart the song.
As a half elf - I went full stamina and remaining in STR. I do slightly regret not putting more into STR early on as wearing bronze basically left me with 0 room to carry loot, but as the gear progresses + weight reduction bags come into play - STR becomes less critical and I'm happy with my decision on STA.
Songs
It entirely depends on the group make up. I've been in groups where I was the only "healer" so I was forced to go lute / restoration and we managed very well to keep pulls constant.
Other situations where there is nobody who can slow, I will do snare song and whatever else the group needs (haste, dex, mana, heal etc).
If you're in a pet heavy group (necros, mages, ench etc.) I will often snare kite and let pets beat the mobs down and also throw in a fear depending on the dungeon / amount of open space avaialble without risking pulling adds.
If you have no enchanter and things get hairy, I can spend entire fights just chain mezzing 3-4 mobs to keep things under control while the group takes care of the mobs.
If you're solo'ing, you have two options - swarming or charm kiting. Both subjects have been written on immensely and with plenty of videos, so definitely look those up.
I think the beauty of Bards is that they are so incredibly versatile that you can fulfill any role and when played right, they add incredible value to any group. Fair warning though, once you get mana song, you might be asked to just afk and sit there and play mana song. Good time to watch Netflix.
Duos
Literally anything as mentioned in the two previous posts.
With any pet class you can face tank with slow, let pet go wild and just mitigate damage or fear / snare kite.
With a melee class, you can haste, fear, snare which is nice.
With a root / rot class (druid, shaman, necro), you can throw on any of your single target / AoE DoTs and just hang out and watch the mob drain away.
If you got any questions at all - feel free to msg me anytime on my bard on Green - Mignart.
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