RIP Bard

[Lemuria]

Kinda annoying seeing so many whine about BRD getting stronger...

It's because there's not much information. We don't really know if this is a DPS increase overall, which is really the issue. It's easy to look at it on paper and say "Yep, our attacks are 2x stronger. Go Bard" and then lament later when you parse lower than before because you didn't count auto-attacks into the mix. Or you forgot that in the time it takes to use a single Bloodletter, a non-minuet Bard has already fired off Bloodletter and Heavy Shot AND an auto-attack.

See? There's a lot of variables when talking about optimal DPS. That's why I've been saying there needs to be a big difference between using Minuet and not for it to truly increase our DPS. Otherwise it's just a fancy way of doing the same damage while sacrificing mobility.

[Craiger]

It's because there's not much information. We don't really know if this is a DPS increase overall, which is really the issue. It's easy to look at it on paper and say "Yep, our attacks are 2x stronger. Go Bard" and then lament later when you parse lower than before because you didn't count auto-attacks into the mix. Or you forgot that in the time it takes to use a single Bloodletter, a non-minuet Bard has already fired off Bloodletter and Heavy Shot AND an auto-attack.

See? There's a lot of variables when talking about optimal DPS. That's why I've been saying there needs to be a big difference between using Minuet and not for it to truly increase our DPS. Otherwise it's just a fancy way of doing the same damage while sacrificing mobility.

Then don't use it?

I don't understand your point really, because why would SE make it the same or less potent than not using it? That makes no sense at all...

It's not like they have removed the mobility of BRD completely, you can still move about and attack exactly like now, and you would only use this song when you know you can stand still and power up big hitting attacks. You're gonna do more DPS using that one, than not using it, otherwise SE would have made an ability that nobody uses