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Originally Posted by Videri
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OP, you can totally play bard. You don't have to do all the things people in this thread are describing. You don't have to be some kind of Jimmy Neutron meganerd bard.
1) Crowd control. Level 15 mez, later replaced by level 28 mez, and level 27 charm spell. You can turn a 3- or 4- mob cluster**** into a nice chunk of exp for your group by neutralizing enemies, or even weaponizing them. And what's better than neutralizing adds? Never having adds in the first place thanks to level 8 Kelin's Lugubrious Lament. Two enemies next to each other? Lull Mob A, pull Mob B.
2) Certain raids you kite (attract mobs without getting hit, then run in a circle for many minutes while your guildmates kill stuff). Certain raids, you "bump" (use your Deftdance discipline to parry all attacks from the front). But most raids, such as Halls of Testing or Kael Arena or even Vindi, you just manasong the clerics (and necros).
If you're not up for all the fancy stuff and different methods of soloing and feats of high-APM nerd glory, that's fine, your bard is still powerful.
Be sure to set a "cycle through nearby NPCs" button. And I also like to set a "target nearest NPC" button. You can do this in Options (Alt-O) > Keys.
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OP you dont have to be this hardcore, you can just put cantana on your bar and AFK, you dont need 10 apm to play a bard. Certain raids only require you to sing mana and afk.