Bard - they broke my job

[Kitkat]

The overall change is workable, but in all honesty SE should have made it to where AutoAttacks were compensated for when in WM stance. This is the main reason the DPS variance is negligible between being in the stance full time and only putting it up for the bigger hits, and also why even staying in it full time isn't putting us up where we should be in the DPS list. Overall this is a nerf because DoT's in the stance, even with 550~600 Skill speed doesn't compensate for the lost Auto Attack damage. SE dropped the ball on something that was supposed to be a boost and made it almost pointless to use effectively dropping brd even lower in dps than it already was in comparison to others.

WM should be a positive game changer; something that a brd puts on in exchange for mobility and goes "Wow, I wish I could stay in that more often" not "I hate having to stay in this to have better lack luster dps in low-mobility needed situations."

In all honesty, DoTs should get a potency upgrade when in WM to compensate for AA loss, or make it so that consecutive use of Iron Jaw causes a potency upgrade to DoT damage. We have lowest Weapon Damage, songs that still lower our output when used, and a stance that isn't much better to be in than not using it at all. It feels like as soon as 3.0 came out that developers came up to us, took away all our good bows and gave us bows that have no oomph and instead of shooting arrows, we shoot 'Nothing but shafts' as our achievement implies. Talk about getting shafted....

For those who don't understand the issue: it isn't that brd want to be top DPS, it is that we shouldn't have to be so much lower that people feel the spot would be better used by another DPS instead. For raid, I'm sure the need of songs will keep them there...but it will be at a great stigma because the output will be the weakest link even with mobility. Mobility was the main thing that helped brd at least keep up with DPS, now we have changes that lower our Mobility output, and a stance that doesn't really increase our output even close to what other DPS put out.....25-30% lower DPS is not acceptable.