The Bard - Combining Dirge and Troub into single Class?

[Dragonlor]

<DIV>What does everyone think about combining the dirge and troub into a single class simply called the Bard?  Perhaps this would allow SOE to "cherry pick" the best skills from each old subclass to make a strong bardic class.  Perhaps some of the Dirge/Troub flavor could be retained through AA paths (AA path:  Dirge (death/shadow magic vice disease), Troub (pretty much more buffing songs and return some good charm/mez abilities), Skald (more fighter like), Nightblade (more assassin like and can use poison)).   I don't know, probably a lot of problems with this idea, but I just thought I would put it out there.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Dragonlord1 on <span class=date_text>05-30-2006</span> <span class=time_text>09:30 PM</span>

[Rampagious]

Would never happen<div></div>

[Bartimaeus]

<DIV>I like the concept of a "Bard" but at this stage in the game, I cant see this happening. It would be more trouble for developers to assimilate these skills into one character and satisfy the current playerbase of bards (not to mention create another character to be its subclass counterpart) than to fix both classes...And SoE is never going to take the hard route are they. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[thorvang]

i'd love to be a "true" bard again.but combining troub and dirge should be the ultima ratio if SOE doesn't see any way to fix both classes and give them unique abilities and fun to play.

[Ciela]

<P>Hello,</P> <P>As far as I'm concerned I am happy with my dirge and I like my class abilites ( even if someone of them could be tweeked/tuned ), I would not like to see a merge of both classes.<BR><BR>On a side note, I read the big thread about mez and charm song and that a lot of troubadours aren't very please, I've always thought that troub charm/mez was like our dirge fear, just a little tool to add spice to the class, I've never realized that these songs were that important for the troubadour community.</P>

[J]

Actually, they were our equivelant of your dirge heal / rez skills.

[vinterskugge]

<DIV>No.  Just because SOE have no idea to balance the classes doesn't mean it can't be done.</DIV>

[VericSauvari]

i for one never want to be called a Troubadirge or  a Tirdge..or a Droub ..or any combination of the sort <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I like being the yin to the dirges yang and would not really want a dirge/troubador blend mostly because SOE would give us the worst of both classes buffs/abilities and tell us its an improvement.

[Bjerde]

While I think the Troub needs help too, I do not think that they would ever merge the classes. The whole game is set-up to have a "good" and "evil" of each subclass.I agree with Veric, even if they tried it...they wouldn't want a Troubadirge to be overpowered and they would get all the nerfs to each class rolled up into one uber [Removed for Content] <span>:smileywink:</span>The devs are scared because in Beta Troubs were overpowered and they have that stuck in their minds (obviously).Leave Troub mez/charm alone!!<div></div>

[Jooneau]

Troubadours and Dirges are not the "good" and "evil" versions of a Bard. You can be either in both cities.I don't want to see them merge the class, not that it would ever happen.

[Baynne]

<P>if sony were smart we wouldnt even be having conversations like this, because they would listen to their income - players - and make the changes at least  toa degree that WE ask for.  i've said it before, and it still rings true: sony does not care for their customers.  they like having control over every possible aspect of every game they have, no matter what their paying customers say.  they would gladly give up the mojority of their players to make the game however they want it, as long as the control is in their hands.  i mean.. here we have thousands of posts about the upcoming LU24, 99% of those posts are negative responses to the changes.  yet only ONE dev replies, and he pretty much just says this is how it is going, we will change it as we see fit, deal with it.  i started to play a dirge.. i got him to lvl 12.. already im not having fun playing him.  this after the dirge i lvl'd to 25 almost 8 months ago and he was fun as hell.  i had to delete him to try other classes when i came back tho =</P> <P> </P> <P>anyway... point is sony is a collective bunch of [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] monkeys... a class merge would be a good idea with the right information and back up and other players agreeing... but sony would never do it.</P>