Quote Originally Posted by Velthice View Post
That's not how math works though, it's not the same, it's a huge increase comparatively. In 2.x a bard being 200 dps behind a monk doing 600 would mean that they're doing around 33% less damage. But now in 3.0 a bard being 200 dps behind a monk doing 1200 would only be 17% behind. And honestly the numbers are usually closer than that. A bard would have to be doing 800 dps (400 dps behind the monk) to be in the same place.

The argument that comparatively bard is in the same place is just flat out wrong. Bard saw a major increase in its dps potential and honestly it seems balanced pretty perfectly for the damage the devs seem to want it to do. It can easily come in the middle of the pack, and when conditions are right (like A1S) take the top spot with no problem.
some bards were doing around 500-550 dps pre-3.0 so their dps has not changed much proportionately