Quote Originally Posted by The_Last_Dragoon View Post
the damage output is absolutely insane for Bard now. People seem to forget that Bard's had absolutely horrible dps in ARR
No idea what you're talking about. Bard DPS in in "ARR" was fine. You could easily sustain 500+ dps and some bards were even cutting close on reaching 600 dps in FCoB. (without echo) Obviously this wont get you the top dps spot, but that's not what bard is meant for anyway. They were pretty much in-line with casters in regards to dps, unless the fight favored blms heavy aoeing.


Oh and since we specifically stated "ARR", Bards were considered top pick in 2.0 to the point where you'd even bring 2 to raid groups.


Quote Originally Posted by Itseotle View Post
so factoring that in your AA contribution goes down to 18.5%. Still not a big difference for what you lose imo.


Did some dummy parsing after I hit 60 2 days ago and my AA damage was pretty much sitting at literarily 20%, so I'd generally go with that number.