Doing DPS with the Bard

[jssanderson747]

I hate WM like the plague, it ruins the fun of the BRD class entirely. I've also internally argued about it's viability in many places where AOE keeps you dancing. The only time I use it personally is when I know I can/will be standing in one spot without moving.

I would consider understanding how and when to move a prerequisite to doing valid dps as a bard. It's not a very difficult skill to implement and cancelling casts is not very often something you need to even do. Even going back to bard at 50, I know exactly how to do the optimal dps and I appreciate that playstyle a lot. Bard at 50 however is not how bard at 60 can and should be played for extended periods of time. It's valid for specific mechanics like dragoon dives in THex or ferrofluid in A3 (both), but you are unable to do optimal dps as a bard if you never use minuet at level 56 onward.