I want to talk for a minute about a class that's escaped the scalpel for too long. It's my opinion that this particular class has always been a little overbalanced, but over time its true power has been sort of ignored in favor of other classes. Here is what this class is capable of:
- They take over a Cleric's primary role in mid-level groups.
- They take over a Shaman's primary role in high-level groups.
- They can area paralyze.
- They have a number of beneficial effects on tanks, including making them harder to hit and increasing their damage ability. In today's mud of support class after support class, this one is by far the best in a large group situation.
- They have many utility effects that are efficient for large groups. They can stop mobs from tracking the entire group, much like the effect of mislead. They can provide a limited means of group transport. They can single-handed keep an entire group alive.
- They have an area spell with a very minor feedback effect.
You guessed it: Bards. End the insanity, people. It's time you all wake up to the true cause of imbalance on the mud. Bards have all the best effects of several classes: Group healing, area damage, group protection, group fly, group damage increase, you name it!
I think this is a very serious issue that needs looking into.
- Ragorn
Proving that what's on paper is not always practical.
An Overlooked Imbalance
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Selias:
*boggle* please tell me you're joking Rags, because if bards are so uber, why are there like 2 of them floating around?</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
of course he's joking. One might go so far as to say he's poking fun at Dornax's post listing all of the illusionist abilities.
Listing all the perks and benefits of a class does allow one to make a class appear to be unbalanced when, in fact, it is not.
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·Kuurg·
*boggle* please tell me you're joking Rags, because if bards are so uber, why are there like 2 of them floating around?</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
of course he's joking. One might go so far as to say he's poking fun at Dornax's post listing all of the illusionist abilities.
Listing all the perks and benefits of a class does allow one to make a class appear to be unbalanced when, in fact, it is not.
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·Kuurg·
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Shevarash:
<B>My god, he's right!
BATTLE STATIONS!
FIRE downgrade torpedoes!
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When I first saw this reply, I cracked up. Then, when I saw who posted it, I started crying.
Eilorn.
<B>My god, he's right!
BATTLE STATIONS!
FIRE downgrade torpedoes!
</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
When I first saw this reply, I cracked up. Then, when I saw who posted it, I started crying.
Eilorn.
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