Quote Originally Posted by Galdous View Post
Bards do not need a buff. Weapon damage right now is fine. The nerf was necessary and will remain necessary to prevent bards from being OP like they were in 2.0. When bards falls from most played job to last then we there might be an issue.
The gap is going to widen as potential dps increases, since they're always behind a set percentage. What was a 325/400 difference is now a 350/450 difference. With the upcoming expansion and 10 level increases, if this trend were to follow, we'd see bards pulling 600 on average, with everyone else doing 760+. Granted I'm pulling numbers out of my arse, but you can see the numerical gap widening per ilvl/content increase.

Quote Originally Posted by Hammerfist View Post
If Bards did 50% the damage they do now, people would still use them for their songs, but would you call it fair? The FCoB isn't the only content in the game, you know... And Bards were never OP anyway, it was melee classes who were too weak.
If bards were doing 50% of the damage they do now, you'd be better off bringing another dps because you're practically forcing a scenario where a song is required (the fight is taking too long due to low dps)