This Bard stacking thing needs to be dealt with

[Eckoh]

It's kind of weird.

Bard DPS is really easy, once you get the rotation down you can have some pretty beast DPS and overall Damage. However, a good MNK / DRG will always outparse a bard, their damage potential is much higher but the reason we're seeing so many bards atm is because their damage is good , and they are the safe bet.

you have bad bards if you think that. Sorry but my guild was 5th to kill turn 4 we dropped our melee because their DPS is just flat lower then any ranged. The issue is bard DPS is not "easy mode" like mos of the forum trolls like to make believe. TO really be good at it not only do you have o stay on top of 5 DPS cooldowns using them in conjuction with the dots you have to manage them around the songs as to not incur the full 20% DPS nerf while playin a song. There is a MASSIVE damage difference in any of the bards you find in one of the top 10 world progression guilds then your average bard. None of the bards you see in the top progression vids will EVER be out DPSed by any melee even while playing songs the way the game currently is. Bards are built around using songs so their DPS is balanced around song usage.


In short if you have any melee beating a bard the bard is garbage plain and simple. Any of the bard from the top guilds will tell you that. The ONLY thing in game right now that can out DPS a top end bard is an top end summoner and that is simply because they are broken.

I must admit is is funny when someone who has yet to clear the top content says that the top guilds are "doing it wrong"