Bard or Ranger for a 4 man group?

[Daldaen]

Druid/Ranger utility overlaps too much.

Go Bard.

[Malone88]

If you play sober and don't mind key crunching
Play Bard
Else
Play Ranger

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[MikeXG]

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Going bard, more my style anyway.
Can't promise I'll always play sober, but hey that is half the fun.


Would it be easier/more efficient for me as the bard to tank instead of the monk?


Thanks again for all the replies!

[Malone88]

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Would it be easier/more efficient for me as the bard to tank instead of the monk?

If you (bard) are slowing, then you will probably be pulling aggro anyway.
Test it out. If your monk can hold the mobs attention while you are playing
your songs, druid is healing, chanter is slowing/mezzing, then you're good.
If not, then might want to have bard hold the aggro. You'll prob want bard
to slow mobs anyway to take the load off chanters plate (and save them
a ton of mana).

[SamwiseRed]

druid should have been a sham (finally read this bullshit) but itll work. ive seen alot worse groups.

war/bard/sham/monk would have been my choice tho.

rogue instead of monk if warrior was a pal/sk and actually able to hold agro.

[Mandalore93]

Hell, if you needed to you could just snare kite mobs and let the rest of the group kill it as it chases you if for whatever reason you need a med break.plus as you get higher levels bard snare can actually let you fear kite in dungeons depending on how your group dps is doing. Ain't no leveling like not getting hit leveling.

[Lartanin63]

I will throw out play what class you like the most. I am a huge fan of rangers and i have played a druid as well. Druids are no where as good a healer as a cleric even with clarity. The whole skill overlap doesnt seem like a big issue to me since druid will be meding alot being the main healer. Rangers are pretty good tanks depending on the gear you are wearing. Gears usually cheaper as said above. Can tank classic stuff no problem with slows. I feel much of the bard utitly is overlaped with a chanter. Their haste is better, they have slows. Bard dps would not match a ranger with haste. Gotta throw in my backing for the ranger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Calibix]

Originally Posted by Lartanin63 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I will throw out play what class you like the most. I am a huge fan of rangers and i have played a druid as well. Druids are no where as good a healer as a cleric even with clarity. The whole skill overlap doesnt seem like a big issue to me since druid will be meding alot being the main healer. Rangers are pretty good tanks depending on the gear you are wearing. Gears usually cheaper as said above. Can tank classic stuff no problem with slows. I feel much of the bard utitly is overlaped with a chanter. Their haste is better, they have slows. Bard dps would not match a ranger with haste. Gotta throw in my backing for the ranger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They meant charmed pets dps + bard dps > ranger dps.

[MikeXG]

I can't thank you all enough for the info and replies.

This thread has been a resource for my whole group now lol.

looks like the group has changed to bard, monk, chanter, shaman. the no "official" tank and druid heals felt like to big a margin for error. With shaman I think we will be much better.

All that said, I know clerics are the best healers as they get heals a few spell levels before druid and shaman, but shaman and druid seem to get all the heals at the same levels. What makes shamans such better healers? Only thing I can think of is regen a bit earlier and cannibalize (not sure how great that is with chanter and bard mana regen?)

[Lartanin63]

Don't think they were refencing a shaman being a better healer than a druid. Was just a suggestion on what they would of done for a group. Shaman should be able to keep up with cann and clarity the whole time. Shamans and druids heal about the same.