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Will the Bard be a playable class?

    • 5 posts
    October 9, 2019 9:22 AM PDT

    I see it in the forums, but not on the official classes.

     

    If they'll be bards... I will be maining one 100% of the time.

     

    Cheers.

    • 531 posts
    October 9, 2019 9:25 AM PDT

    It will! Along with Necromancer!

    • 438 posts
    October 9, 2019 9:28 AM PDT
    As of now I believe bard and necro will be introduced at a later expansion. Kudos if they’re implemented at launch.
    • 291 posts
    October 9, 2019 9:30 AM PDT

    It has been stated by a dev on camera that bard SHOULD be available at launch with the necro being introduced later. But of course not in stone. Im hopeful for the bard at launch as thats my main as well. Let us pray!

    • 531 posts
    October 9, 2019 9:31 AM PDT

    I'm pretty sure that at least bard will be ready for official launch - it'll definitely miss alpha and most likely beta, but there is plenty of time till official premiere.

    • 729 posts
    October 9, 2019 9:54 AM PDT
    I like grouping with bards so this makes me happy.
    • 438 posts
    October 9, 2019 11:42 AM PDT
    Can you point me to where bard should be available by launch? I missed that apparently
    • 3852 posts
    October 9, 2019 11:45 AM PDT

    Bard is a class I will consider. But I decline to pick any class just based on the name of the class or how it worked in EQ or Vanguard. How it will work in Pantheon is what I want to know and that won't be either known or knowable until after beta. Not with any precision.

    • 103 posts
    October 9, 2019 11:49 AM PDT
    Yes bards are coming for sure just no idea when, I do remember a piece of gear on one of the streams I think it was a Cohhcarnage stream but bard was listed as one of the classes the could use the gear. I want to say they were plate gloves, plate for sure of course this was odd but it was a PA stream so take it with a grain of salt.
    • 2886 posts
    October 9, 2019 12:34 PM PDT

    Bards (along with Necromancers) will be a playable class, which is why you see it on the forums, but they are not confirmed for launch, which is why they don't have their own class pages yet. However, according to my interview with Joppa (https://youtu.be/4vebn1AN6KY?t=194), the Bards will most likely be in at launch. The Necro will most likely come in an update or expansion shortly after launch (https://youtu.be/4vebn1AN6KY?t=1989).

    • 291 posts
    October 9, 2019 1:09 PM PDT

    Thanks for providing those links baz

    • 3852 posts
    October 9, 2019 1:53 PM PDT

    Bazgrim is a true credit to anthropology/ No one can come up with the missing links any faster.

    Or should I mention zoology - no that is the missing lynx - sorry.

    • 438 posts
    October 9, 2019 3:31 PM PDT
    Hey thank you Baz. Appreciate the time
    • 624 posts
    October 9, 2019 4:56 PM PDT

    Should probably move this to the bard forum, where the same question has been asked a few times. Last time was back in March and is currently the third thread from the top =>

    Available at launch (Bard)

    or go back to March of 2018 for =>

    Is bard really going to make it

    Or a month later in April 2018, where Baz got the scoop straight from Joppa (but no guarantees) =>

    Baz on Bards, PAX East

     

    Though from the “starting silly rumors” department I hear Ceythos expects to have feathered caps and paisley silk doublets available for crafting well before bards ever make their appearance on Terminus...


    This post was edited by Kumu at October 9, 2019 4:59 PM PDT
    • 66 posts
    October 9, 2019 5:38 PM PDT

    dorotea said:

    Or should I mention zoology - no that is the missing lynx - sorry.

    I appreciate this.

    • 347 posts
    October 9, 2019 8:21 PM PDT

    I've been predicting a mid to late alpha release for the class and stand by it today. Where the concept would be mid Alpha then late Alpha would be your implementation phase. This is not only estimated based on what Chris told Bazgrim, but also in how work flow irregularity flows within different departments of a production or developer. Every department outside of their bottleneck would allow for the time in some form or another. Concept phase at the least can be put together in the various instances of free time Chris may have, but given his work load, that in itself may be difficult as he appears to be one of the most overworked of anyone. However, while art and art-assets and the like are the bottleneck currently, other instances of the class can be worked through for implementation.

    This however requires assuredness that if they begin on it, that it could be finished. With that said however, given the relative importance of having a core quadrinity (seemingly more of a requirement than in EQ) within the game and with there being at minimal, three options for the other archetypes, Control/Support is in dire need of another class and may very well see one prior to launch come hell or high water.

    • 2756 posts
    October 10, 2019 3:49 AM PDT

    I hope it will be more 'playable' than the EQ Bard!  Man that buggy, clunky song twisting was horrible!  They always had my admiration and respect and I hope their RSI and carpal tunnel syndrome wasn't too bad ;^)


    This post was edited by disposalist at October 10, 2019 3:50 AM PDT