Aldira, this 'boredom factor' that you speak of is what I'm most worried about in terms of higher levels. I don't care as much about class usefulness (it's certainly a plus but I'd rather be fun than useful), honestly I don't know that much about what classes are useful or not and I'll probably just...

Thank you so much Iyachtu, those were exactly the kinds of things that I was asking about. I know I'm not qualified to speak about the upper levels, but I realize that bards of this style are brand new and that's why I thought I should try to input my ideas about the lower levels :) Please consider ...

Well thank you for the constructive comments, Aldira. I wouldn't say I was in an "argumentative" mood but you have no idea how many times I've been scoffed at in the last few weeks for having a new idea "just because I'm a newbie." I felt that you scoffed at me and then proceeded to argue about some...

What I would really like to see here is, comments from others who have played bards, at low levels and high. What do YOU think about my suggestions and how do you feel about it? And I would really prefer it if the people commenting could comment in full honesty, without protecting their class or fee...

Well as I mentioned, Ambar, I am glad to have lore. I was simply making a suggestion about how to make it more useful in a way that I felt would not be unbalanced. Song times do not decrease with level, like mem times (far as I know, am I wrong about this?? I certainly haven't seen the effect yet, i...

Sometimes having a fresh opinion can be very informative:)

I just recently started a bard on Sojourn, but I've noticed a few things that seem disturbing. Firstly, although the "hype" about bards is quite high, there seems to be very few bards actually around. Not any more than I used to see before the changes. Now maybe people just don't like playing bards,...