New Player - Bard Discrimination?

[Swoop]

Hey guys,

I've been creeping the forums a bit for a while now and have finally decided to take a dive into the EverQuest I loved years ago. I'm rather sold on being a Bard since it was my primary alt back in the day and I really enjoyed it. My only hangup with starting a Bard up is knowing whether or not the discrimination against Bards in groups still exists as I remember it.

When I played forever ago on Quellious (I'm fairly sure that was the server I played on - it's been ages) Bards were regularly ignored or flat out removed from group activity. I ended up always having to solo my Bard, which ultimately made it horrendously boring from a social perspective.

Does this hold true here, or can a Bard expect to see enough group activity to keep a social player happy?

Thanks!