as others have said, enchanter OR bard is sought a lot in high-level kunark
zones. you really do need one or the other to effectively hold camps and
stay alive.

and as far as grouping with an enchanter, i absolutely love it. my fingers
are frickin killing me! give me an enchanter and let them do all the work,
i wanna rest and play mana song all day long, and hey if there is no
enchanter around, i'll do everything they can "almost" as good =)

Shada

> It all comes down to the same problem really. A bard is an
> awesome way to
> make up for the lack of having a particular type of caster in
> your group
> whatever that missing type might be. If you have all the major types
> covered though, we look like lousy psuedo-tanks with some interesting
> secondary abilities.
>
> It goes back to my previous bard complaint from way back,
> being a third rate
> everything does not necessarily balance out with being best
> at something.
> If there was a better balance between casters and melee
> classes in EQ we
> would instantly become more useful as any given group would
> be more likely
> to be missing some type they needed.
>
> When was the last time you entered a zone to see shouts of
> "Bard wanted for
> group"?
> I'd answer never. Every time I play I see "Cleric needed for
> group", or
> "Enchanter needed for group", or "2 Tanks needed for group".
> I may not get
> refused by groups but the first question is always "Do you
> have manasong?"
> (I play Anon) The response is always "Oh. Darn". If
> Lullaby worked even
> marginally I'd start ansewring those "enchanter wanted"
> shouts and see if
> they were really "Clarity wanted".
>
> Kit