One. the developers are OK with ignoring bug reports based on their feelings about who post them
Two. No one really plays a pure bard anymore because they've been nerfed into the ground 160 barding difficulty non bardable monsters etc yes everyone has a character with a little bard mostly for auto follow with buffs...
Too summerize
Provke still does not properly work on tot/invasion monsters...
Listen, up until 1999 this game was easy mode with 200 skill points, musicianship and provocation. Provocation bards deserve their nerf after a two year reign of dominance 27 years ago. Why don't you go play a template that actually takes real skill, like a sampire?
More like 300 skill points. Enticing nobles was the definition of easy mode.
Enough about the glory days in today's world I've spent 420 real skill points and can't make two skeletons fight each other it's been broken for years during dungeons tot and invasion
As stated before, provocation is too strong. Those skeletons might take five minutes to kill each other, in the meantime a template that actually requires TIMING, TECHNIQUE and PLAYER BASED SKILLS that only come from gameplay experience could have slain 500 skeletons in that same span of time. Honestly your argument for provocation is so silly I cannot even bother debating it anymore. Sorry your overpowered and completely broken template was nerfed 25 years ago and now you're hoping the devs forgot why it was nerfed to begin with. We as players do not forget.
My provoked monsters help everyone as they are attacking each other rather than that innocent tamer and I like taking 5 minutes to kill it's not a race
I'd be happy with just an official acknowledgement that it's broken
Let's not forget that mystic aoe spells don't work on provoked monsters either