Which bard is closest...

[silentpsycho]

<p>So, I used to be a pretty good bard in EQ1.  I had mastered all the little tricks like swarm kiting, aoe kiting, fear kiting, and did a good job twisting songs in groups too (could keep 4-5 buffs going at once, while doing crowd control).  I played a dirge for a bit, but honestly, it felt like I was playing a rogue with crappy music animations to my backstabs.   Heh, I didn't even have a mez, charm, and only a couple ranged attacks, none of which were aoe's, and my runspeed was horrible w/ no way to drum it up.  Would a troub be more like an EQ1 bard?  I really miss attempting crazy stuff (like pulling all of PoD) and having the tools to actually be sucessful at it sometimes.  Please help?</p>

[Arondur]

<p>Im afraid you are in for a bit of a shock, friend.  Troubs here are a support class.  Twisting doesnt exist, our charm lasts only seconds  and mez a bit longer.  We wear chain and our dps is not that high.  we DO offer great buffs for groups and Raids. Taking down even con single mobs is not really a problem but groups are a but harder.  A up arrow mob Add can be problematical.  I guess some Troubs do kite somehow but the 15 minute fight that insues is boring to me.  Stab stab nuke , mez and regen health for a while, rince and repeat.</p><p>All that being said, Troubs are very fun.  just dont expect to solo triple up arrows alot (baring the raid equiped uber Troubs).  </p>

[Sedenten]

Fyste@Nagafen wrote: <blockquote><p>So, I used to be a pretty good bard in EQ1.  I had mastered all the little tricks like swarm kiting, aoe kiting, fear kiting, and did a good job twisting songs in groups too (could keep 4-5 buffs going at once, while doing crowd control).  I played a dirge for a bit, but honestly, it felt like I was playing a rogue with crappy music animations to my backstabs.   Heh, I didn't even have a mez, charm, and only a couple ranged attacks, none of which were aoe's, and my runspeed was horrible w/ no way to drum it up.  Would a troub be more like an EQ1 bard?  I really miss attempting crazy stuff (like pulling all of PoD) and having the tools to actually be sucessful at it sometimes.  Please help?</p></blockquote>Troubadour is as close as you're going to get to the old EQ1 bard, but only if you get as creative as an EQ1 bard.  If you run the right AA's, you can get mez to last up to 41 seconds (I believe that's max Reverie with all the pertinent AA's to increase duration).  I personally love playing my troubadour, and have figured out quite a few EQ1-ish tricks.  Run speed will be the same exact between dirge and troubadour (though there is the wisdom line AA's, which increase the run speed in and out of combat for both classes).  I think you'll be happy with troubadour over dirge simply because of the addition of mez and charm (yes, charm has a use regardless of what other troubadours might insist on!).

[Life777form]

Troub gets the mez charm side of things, dirge gets the snare fear side of things, however kiting isnt what it used to be and fear does dumb things.