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Originally Posted by RPGrandPa
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Played the game on launch, never raided much at all and played a Cleric back then. Was thinking of trying a Bard since I am returning brand new on Green. Never played one, but they seem like a lot of fun. I played on live at launch but only made it to 25-30'ish I forget.
My biggest fear is being main puller. I don't know enough about the game to effectively be a puller lol I would not even know how if I had to do dungeons and lord raids would be murder since I've never raided.
So my questions are:
1) I figure I'll be soloing for most of my leveling life but at 40+ if I find groups, what will be my roll in the group?
2) For raiding what would be my role? I've heard Bards are mostly song bots on raids, is this true?
I basically want to see if playing a Bard (for me) is a mistake or not. Sure, over a long time of playing I'm sure I would learn but that's way down the road.
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1.) in groups you will primarily be pulling and/or CC and buffing the group with your songs when you do land in camp. given that bards are a highly versatile class your role will tend to shift slightly depending on context, namely the zone you're in and group makeup.
if you know enough about the game to understand the concept of a puller roll existing then you likely understand enough about the game to fill the role. keep a steady flow of bad guys in the camp without overwhelming your group. how do you accomplish this? use the bajillion tools bards have available - running fast, snare, pacify, mez, charm - experiment and use your best judgement to find what tools work best for a situation. they all accomplish the same goal of limiting the number of bad guys your group has to fight.
if lack of knowledge of zone layout / mob placement is what has you scared those are both things you'll learn very quickly. maps exist and if you have enough navigation skills to not get lost on your way to the bathroom at a friends house you'll probably be okay.
2.) depends entirely on the zone/encounter/context/are you the first bard there - sometimes you'll be kiting a whole zone, sometimes you assist in pulling, sometimes you just stand next to the clerics behind a wall and press 1 2 2 2 on repeat until you question where you went wrong in life.
honestly tho if you're new i wouldn't be concerned with how any class plays in raids because raiding is so vastly different from the rest of the game it borders on being its own separate mini-game. pretty much every class has responsibilities that range from "guy who is barely indistinguishable from someone who's AFK" and "guy who is responsible for carrying the 65 of the 70 players present"