Bard DPS on dummy, need inputs

[Astral145]

Forget about it man. I agree with you as a BRD main my self. and in my opinion playing BRD, we can be a little on par with the pure class dps if your going to play it really well. If Astral145 feels that BRD are weak and should get a buff, then(he needs to work on his rotations more) he wants BRD to be broken again(which will not happen). and from reading his POV on BRD/MCH he clearly hasnt done any hard content at all since he does'nt feel how useful BRD/MCH in a party. He's only basing his POV from easy dungeons/trials which you dont have to use any BRD/MCH utility as much.

its not worth explaining to him.

Exactly BRD's utility is for savage raids or when other players are screwing up so bad that it makes the healer burn through mp. And saying that I have a bad rotation is an opinion ... its not that hard to weave in buffs in-between gcds and making sure to pop crit buff b4 applying dots for those sexy blood procs or aoe. BRD 3.0 is all about timing and knowing the mechanics and knowing when to use certain buffs...ect. I wouldn't mind if the devs made brds lose 45% dmg at the cost of singing a pretty little tune but if not being a tp/mp battery brds should be on par with SMN. Brds already have 20% to 25% less damage than other dps with comparable gear/skill 100% of the time. Then on top of that we lose another 15% damage when we sing a song? What kind of logic is that?

PLUS brds TAKE UP A DPS SLOT IN ALL CONTENT. Show me where there is a SUPPORT DPS slot in DF?