Quote Originally Posted by Judge_Xero View Post
Not sure how BRD can be where it was in 2.5.
Because everybody else also got increases to their damage. Additionally, Bards still get their 10% less WD inherent nerf and with bigger WD numbers, that's a bigger gap. When other classes had 58 in 2.x, BRDs had 52, a difference of 6. Now other classes are at 76, while Bards are at 68, a difference of 8. A Bard Gordian/upgraded Eso weapon has the same WD as a DRG's Bismarck weapon and less than a DRG's upgraded Law by 2 points.

Also, you didn't factor in the loss of auto-attacks under WM and change to Barrage. When calculating someone's relative damage, you can't just ignore the negatives and only put forth positives. You're also not factoring in the fact that in 2.x, BRD could have 100% uptime while fighting at full damage unless they needed to do mechanics that would stop them. Movement now demands either doing lower-damage instant attacks like Feint if it's only a short movement amount, or turning off 30% WD if it's longer.

So yes, if you ignore the objective removals of damage sources and ignore that every other class also got increases to their own damage and ignore that there's a widening gap in weapon damage and only focus on what Bards DID gain, then I guess it would look confusing how Bards aren't topping DPS charts.