Originally Posted by
TiramisuMacaron
1) mchs burst rotation 0 cast time, unlike bard. Mch has a 20s window to use burst, making it nigh impossible for 1 class to shutdown. Not needing 2 dots on the target also helps immensely.
2) mch has a vuneralbilty debuff that cannot be purified, that also helps melee.
3) mchs knockback is on a 30s cooldown instead of a forever cooldown. Bind[/Heavy] is also on a super low 20s cooldown. This is probably the most game breaking aspect of mch. Being able to shutdown a melee every 20s or knock a tank off of you before burst is extremely powerful.
4) mchs second burst is extremely more powerful than bards. Honestly I didn't even know a bard could burst more than one way, but I'll take your word for it.
5)mch has a lot more artistic freedom. You can play mindgames with your burst, whereas bard is very static.
6) You lose less in PvP having to mp song your turret than having to sing ballad.
7) mch is extremely more mobile than bard with gauss barrel on, making you lose way less damage while kiting than bard.
8) mch has an ogcd 3s AoE stun. No ranged dps can stun, no class outside of AST and WAR has an AoE ogcd stun. Mch is the only dps class that has this utility. It is insane.
9) brd silence is 1s every 30s. Mch is 2s every 25s. That extra 1s sometimes forces an ogcd whereas brds is just used as a mini interrupt.
There are more things that make mch extremely powerful compared to bard. If you are trying to argue brd is even close to mch in the current meta and this quick list didn't make you think otherwise, I am out of words. Mch so much stronger than any other ranged DPS it isn't even funny.