Quote Originally Posted by KienanVates View Post
Bards have no burst damage... My bard is in full DL and relic +1... Best crit, mid 500's... Monks, Dragoons, Black Mages etc... All crit for well over that... My auto attack is less than 200 w/o crit, and the only way to do any burst dmg as a bard is to have rng luck and get blood letter and straight shot to proc back to back... I had that happen once, and when all was said and done, in that 2.5sec timeframe, I managed the equivalent of 1 BLM crit.
I've had Bloodletter proc a lot. Like, a whole lot. There have been times where Bloodletter has proc'd four times back to back. BRD has the same chance of burst damage as DRG and MNK and BLM. It's all based on your crit rate. If anything, they get more, because they can put two DOTs up with 50% chance to proc Bloodletter each. Then they also get the guaranteed crit from Straighter Shot. That's not counting the fact that DRG and MNK damage stops completely when the mob runs away to do a move, and BLM damage stops completely when the mob targets them and they need to run.