WHY ARE YOU PLAYING A BARD IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SING?!

[Lux_Rayna]

You really thing being condescending to everyone who plays a certain class is less of a problem than being condescending to one person? I pointed out the error in how you are approaching this issue, if you cannot except that then there is no hope for you.

I also play that class. Making a deprecating comment about a class is certainly better than resorting to personal insults. I understand that you took it personally, but remember that I did not insult you. That was a line you crossed all by yourself. But I suppose its normal for ppl to result to personal attacks. Fear not, I am not offended in the least. Youre forgiven!

Theres really no flaw in numbers. Your party does more dmg and runs more efficiently when you sing the appropriate song. If you want to sacrifice that for your personal dps output thats okay. Just know that is what youre doing.

A perfect case can be achieved in a coil static, but yeah, what you're saying is right as well.I just reread Lux-Rayna's post again and I agree with you that we shouldn't just throw a bard out just because it will be outperformed by other dps classes in a min/max scenario. Bards still produce decent dps, and even more so when they foe in a party having blm/smn.

Even Im not saying that. A bard is designed to support via song. If you aren't going to support via song, you aren't doing your job. If you aren't doing your job, then you aren't helping your party. Sometimes its okay to be lazy. I'm not singing a song for a three trash mob pull, just like a tank may not grab hate for a trash mob pull. That doesn't change the fact that my job is to provide song support while shooting stuff, and the tank's job is to tank.