Quote Originally Posted by EdwinLi View Post
Ya the new live letter confirmed my suspecion on why Bard had low DPS in the first place.

Bard's mobility gave them a advantage over both Melee and Mage DPS which preventing them from facing any risk their HP with the only thing that can threating them is player error.

To balance their high mobility over the other DPS Job SE lowered Bard's DPS to prevent Bard from becoming the Perfect DPS Job that has no flaws.

Now to give them higher DPS that can get them near or same DPS as the other DPS Jobs they must sacrifice their mobility to balance out their gameplay.
Only the way they fixed it was slapping a skill on top of a skill kit that doesn't work properly with it since the kit wasn't built for cast times.
The idea is not wrong, the execution is.

And to top it off, the stance does not bring the dps on par with the other dps, while it does put the BRD in a spot where they do loose their advantage over the other classes meaning that it should bring them on par with casters if they manage to stay in this stance the whole time.

Now you would argue, "but BRD has utility", however that's when the built in 15% dmg reduction comes in. If bard would use the utility they will end up below the other dps, but if not they should be on par since they don't have the advantages that everyone speaks of anymore.

So yeah, bards still have plenty to complain about. It's not the actual change that's the main issue though and what people seem to misunderstand.
It's the fact that it's implemented so poorly.