#NerfBRD

[Kabooa]

You've moved the goal post again.

I said if you apply this hypothetical 5% you suggested, BRD is a dead weight job without a DRG. Their rDPS wouldn't make up the enormous loss overall. This isn't the case currently, though why you would run without a DRG on either physical range is anyone's guess. Regardless it's also likely why we won't see any significant changes because I have ever belief Piercing dies come 5.0 and that is how they'll settle MCH/BRD. MCH will be better compensated whereas BRD won't. But this won't happen mid tier.

Lol.

Okay.

Using 95th percentile data (As this represents fairly optimized play without perfect conditions / RNG), Bards are sitting at 7200 and Machinist at 7300 on Chaos (Chosen arbitrarily - Chaos has minimal downtime for range jobs, limited transition, single target, ease of access for Parse runs)

Cherry picking a comp of Paladin, Warrior, Scholar, Astro, Ninja, Dragoon, Summoner and filling in the last spot with either Bard or Machinist.

That's 5.2, 5.5, 3.8, 3.8, 7.2, 7.2, 7.7, and then another 7.2 or 7.3.

Grand Total Raid DPS
Bard: 47.6k
Mach: 47.7k

Docking bard by 5% (360)
Bard: 47.2k
Mach: 47.7k

Adding Samurai instead of Dragoon (7.9k vs 7.2)
Bard: 47.9k
Mach: 48.4k

Removing Piercing and Litany: Machinist is around 7%. Bard, due to double dipping crits is probably around 8%. Mach (-600), Bard ( -550)
Bard: 47.35k
Mach: 47.8k

Percentage difference (Bard now with Dragoon vs Bard Nerf without Dragoon)

Edit: Adjusting total RDPS down for Litany using a 7200 Dragoon (450 average. Assuming equal distribution based on damage, then giving bard a bit more favor due to double dipping, -380 from BNDrg)

BDrag: 47.6k
BNDrg: 46.95k

Difference: 1.4%

Edit: Machinist for comaprison

MDrag: 47.7k
MNDrg: 47.3k

Difference: .9%

Difference between BNDrg and MNDrg: .74%