Bard or Cleric?

[Will]

Im currently farming a warlock/*something*

and its hard to decide between bard and cleric

bard: has speed,mana cycle,dances, cool attacks, good to farm other characters with

Cleric: has bless spell,healing stuff,and blessings

please help me out here

[vajayjay]

Cleric. Always cleric. Speed can easily be replicated by pots, and with a Cleric sub with Warlock, you will never have to re-equip your shield; because you'll never take it off.

[Will]

>.< i always hear "speed can be replicated with pots" but bard is more than just speed, bard doesnt consist of just 1 skill.

[TheDrop]

^Most of the times speed is the main reason people think of subbing in bard. The other skills are good if you can get into parties constantly (which is improbable considering the state of sro atm) or if you have a hard time keeping mobs off of u (though noise doesn't get rid of champions/giants). I say get cleric, much better for pve and pvp, only sucky part is the speed, but like vajayjay said, u can easily use pots for it.
I had both a lock/bard and a lock/cleric, and though the dot+run tactic is kinda fun, pvping will be hard (u should be able to take on giants easy enough)

[Hennessey]

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[Will]

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umm...why?