So in any non-premade party with too much bards can fail a dps check? and a 4-man dungeon, with two bards, why make things slowers just for "they doing the bare minimun"?
Quote Originally Posted by Musashidon View Post
bards can do the same damage moving or not moving. we will use blackmage as the example they would have no dps if movement was as required as everyone seems to believe.
wm is not meant to be used 100%
There are some problems with that:
- yes, let's compare Bards with Black mages... and even if you can make dps dodging AoE, the dps gain you get with WM is MARGINAL even in PERFECT CONDITIONS,WM is useless.
-and yes, is meant to be used 100% of the time, or like an opener. Reasons: 3s cast.

-they changed in 180° the bard's paradigm because of reasons, SE cut our legs and what we get back, basically nothing.
Bards are meant to be DPS and not just a jukebox who spits buff,and we are already heavily penalized by using our songs, there's no reason to hinder our dps even further.