How well do bard songs, or bards in general work?

[Slave]

Originally Posted by PurelyElf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

so.. swarm kiting doesn't work?

Kind of a gigantic issue because that was the main way to go in velious. I can't see the song bar disappearing issue helping much either.

[Arkanjil]

Swarm kiting by means of DoTing the mobs down DOES work. It is just charm swarming that does not work here.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by Arkanjil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Swarm kiting by means of DoTing the mobs down DOES work. It is just charm swarming that does not work here.

That was always called AOE kiting. Always.

[Dr4z3r]

Originally Posted by Slave [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That was always called AOE kiting. Always.*

The cast-bar issue is barely noticeable once you get used to it. It's not hard to watch for your song message, the song animation, or the particle effects. Or even just learn about how long 3 seconds is - after all, if you're a bard with no rhythm, you should probably just re-roll. :P

*Except where it wasn't.

[Arkanjil]

Originally Posted by Slave [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That was always called AOE kiting. Always.

Thanks? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And no, not always [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Mcbard]

AoE kiting = work.
Swarm kiting = doesn't work.

I'm pretty happy with the way bards function here, there are some slight song issues, and things such as a song buff bar still exist, but I believe most of it is being worked on, and there are no serious issues that would prevent me from playing my bard.

[jerus]

Have to agree with all that was said so far. No swarm kiting makes me sad, as it would be used, but other than that and spell bar dropping things are fine.

[jerus]

The thing that makes me laugh about this, and something that iirc isn't classic although it is possible th bug wasn't in till later, however it is still in live since at least PoP where i remember using it most. But if you lulled a mob twice it would be permanently lulled until it died or zone reset. Was fun logging in an hour early to lull everything on a path for people then jsut walk through =). And again it's still on live, they have been made aware but haven't fixed but this game was able to block that, makes me laugh.

[Teeroyoyort]

Forget your mass xp. Bards are F'n awesome! Hats off to the devs here for making them very playable!

[jerus]

Originally Posted by Teeroyoyort [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Forget your mass xp. Bards are F'n awesome! Hats off to the devs here for making them very playable!

Aye, no complaints here, just pointing out differences because OP asked and honestly there are way less than i expected.