I have had a hankering to play a BARD lately.

SNAFUdamus · August 2013

Hankering to play a BARD, Does any one have any suggestions?

I have played D&D online extensively and loved my BARD there but I am looking for something new. FFXIV looks ok but it just launched and is having issues, so I want to skip that I think. I played RIFT and was not impressed either.

Utility BARD would be nice.

Sovrath · August 2013

Vanguard and Aion. Oh, and Lord of the Rings Online.

Xssiv · August 2013

LOTRO has the Minstrel class which is very Bard-like.

spookydom · August 2013

Lotro has the Minstrel with it's s$%t kicking ability to have a jam in really badly coded ABC music and rock Middle Earth like you where the halfling Hendrix. Best bard type class I have played, may want to have a look at Everquest and Everquest 2 also. As Sov mentions above isn't Aion ment to have a new Bard class now?

SNAFUdamus · August 2013

Thanks for the suggestions so far folks.

I don't see BARD or anything like is listed at Aions site.

http://na.aiononline.com/en/about-aion/classes/

spookydom · August 2013

Originally posted by SNAFUdamus
Thanks for the suggestions so far folks.

I don't see BARD or anything like is listed at Aions site.

http://na.aiononline.com/en/about-aion/classes/

http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/4.0/aion_40_bard_class_preview.php Check that, just gone live in the EU and has been everywhere else for a while now I believe.

Dirkin · August 2013

Isn't the Minstrel more of a healer than the "traditional" bard? I have never played lotro, but I seem to remember that. Not that it's bad, of course, but someone looking for a traditional bard, even full utility, might not want to really fill the primary healer role.

For me, the best bards are the old EQ bard and the Vanguard bard. In EQ you have to activate your songs, while VG lets you compose your own ahead of time (or on the fly) using different combinations of song components (melody,verses,bridge,coda, etc.) and then just play them. VG bards are also pretty strong melee fighters in addition to all the utility they provide.

twitch242 · August 2013

Best bard ever i EQ bard ! You need at brain to be a good one though, atleast before /song was added

Sovrath · August 2013

Originally posted by SNAFUdamus
Thanks for the suggestions so far folks.

I don't see BARD or anything like is listed at Aions site.

http://na.aiononline.com/en/about-aion/classes/

Yeah it's there, it just came out. They just didn't update their website.

http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/4.0/aion_40_bard_class_preview.php

edit: spooky beat me to it.