Should I switch to Bard?

[Risbyn]

You know there is 2 path for Turn 2 ? One fore mages and one for bards/DRG ? Just because you take the path for the mages, doesn't mean that bard is behind. If you take the BRD/DRG path , BRD will be ahead.
That's completely stupid to say that one dps is better than the other in turn 2. The fact remains you need bard for silence.

Turn 1 , you say bard must nerf himself because of slimes ? First, this is a dps team fight. There is 4 dps, slimes pulling is not done by 1 person. Plus, you forget that you have to dps those slime. There is no DPS loss.


Beside no one said you should have 4 bard. That's just silly. However BRD is currently the only mandatory DPS in coil. You can switch others dps but Bard is needed.
As for dps, I am sorry to say but Bard is ahead in parser for single target dps (not by much anyway) due to multiple factor including the fact that bard is capped in accuracy way before other class.

Mandatory DPS? No, not even close. Mandatory DPS implies you MUST have it in a Coil group to be able to meet DPS checks which is functionally false. Bard is mandatory because of the utility they bring, not DPS. Our Bard only does 2 slimes in the very beginning, we don't pop anymore after that, so again, you're wrong in saying that slimes pulling is not done by 1 person. You're right in that it is a DPS team fight but we're not arguing that. You're argument is that you NEED a Bard for his DPS/Silence, which again, is wrong. You NEED a Bard for his utility. You don't even need a Bard to silence. We've had a Monk solo silence ADS in Turn 2 because they didn't have a Bard that night.

As for DPS, I am sorry to say but Bard is not ahead in the parser for single target DPS all things being equal. The parser isn't even all that accurate so take the numbers with a grain of salt. But you want parser numbers? Here you go. Turn 1 parse since it's pretty much the fairest test and the closest to a tank and spank fight in Coil. Even in this fight, our Black Mage had to pop 1 and the Bard only popped 1 slime. Keep in mind I had to STOP DPS for a good 5-8 seconds of the fight while the Tanks split the snakes up.

Turn 1