Quote Originally Posted by mero-ix View Post
I'm not talking about hardcore players with melded gear. Show me a parse of a BLM hitting over 500 in T10 that's not 130 or melded out? I had 440 in T10 last night, which I think is good for a more casual raider not using pots. But this is all irrelevant to the thread and my point being that if BRDs did as much damage as other classes then there'd be little reason to bring the other dps classes.

(I didn't bring up those previous numbers for epeen purposes, they were humble dps numbers from that week's raid night to use as an average example. But congrats to you?)

Edit: Okay, Akashi, understandable. I'm just saying I disagree that Bards need a buff despite that.
There is weight to posting dps numbers. You brought up those numbers because you said you're close to your good (read: the literal term you used) Caster in terms of damage. I put up my numbers because I'm more close to the actual difference between casters and Bards.

Also, the reason we talk about optimal conditions is the same reason why Square felt it was necessary to nerf Ninja: the glass ceiling. Yoshida thought it would be near impossible to optimize ninja's rotation, but quickly found out that the player base was excelling at it. That's why it irks me when mindless drones of posters come in and say, "maybe you should play bard better!" ....No. I play Bard near optimal in every turn, and no amount of skill will close this increasingly bigger gap between other dps. But hey, you can switch to BLM if you want better dps, and I to Ninja, right? Right.