"This is my playstyle" is a poor argument for being bad.

[RiceisNice]

I've recently been leveling my AST primarily through dungeon runs. Level 56 now and I've gotten a grand total of 2 drops from The Aery out of about a dozen runs through it.

I was still wearing my WoD body and legs actually until I just said "f it" and bought some crafted pieces from the MB because it's getting ridiculous. I can see someone at level 57 with similar luck but no money still legitimately using i120 stuff. It'd suck, but what are they seriously supposed to do? Healing a dungeon while undergeared is a thing that's possible for a skilled healer as long as the tank isn't completely potato.

Vendor gear for lvl 56 is ilvl 139 and costs less than 30k a piece. Just from the waist alone, its a difference of 3 MND, 1 vit and plenty of defense toward magic so you don't become a SICKNESS that MUST BE PURGED!!!! on the last boss. The outgoing damage there is no joke and you'll end up being relatively much much squishier to the unavoidable damage.

And if it was their first character, they'd have HQ equips from MSQ that they shouldn't be rocking ironworks by the time they get to vault.

[Nyma76]

I just think that SE don't like bard that much.