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Message ID: 835
Date: Sat Oct 9 23:19:57 BST 1999
Author: David Blank
Subject: Re: Bards pulling?


>Once again, I am going to have to disagree. The Monk
>is the 2nd best puller in the game. The best puller
>is one that no one has mentioned yet: The Bard. The
>reason the Bard is the best puller is because of
>Kelin`s Lugubrious Lament (Lull), Kelin`s Lucid
>Lullaby (AoE Lull), and Selo's Accelerando. Bards can

>use the spells to pull EXACTLY one Mob and then
>hightail it back to the group. If they do pull more
>they can use Kelin's Lullaby to keep them occupied or

>just haul ass to zone. All in all, if you have a Bard

>that knows what he is doing, they are the best
>pullers.

Try this in sol b or lower guk...you end up with a
dead party or if you're lucky one at a druid/wizard
evac point. :) Bard songs get resisted and most
of their crowd control type songs have a hard level
level cap that they don't work beyond. (Charm for
example is capped at lvl 37 mobs...I forget the other
caps.)

>Bard songs are invaluable at higher levels though. I
>would choose a Bard (that knows what they are doing)
>over a Shaman/Druid/Paladin/Ranger if possible.

I'm operating under the assumption that the player
knows what they're doing...if that's not the case
then no class works. :) To be honest I have never
seen a full 6 person party that I can't make *better*
by taking out the bard. They are basically weak
enchanters when you get right down to it. Enchanters
do what they do only better.



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