Quote Originally Posted by SweetPete View Post
Bard is quite a mess now. SE destroyed this job in Shb. Honestly it’s not even a bard anymore it’s a ranger job that sings. Even some vets to the job have quit playing it because it’s a mess. I’m not saying SE needs to rework it completely from ground zero like they did machinist but they do need to look at it’s songs. What it brings to the party is negligible at best and the job is just not fun anymore.
This pretty simply put is the issue. The core of Bard's rotation is fine and doesn't need a rework, maybe a little bit of TLC in forms of an AoE dot spreader, and charges on the blood letter procs, along with making Apex Arrow a timed oGCD so it can line up with burst windows properly (or just make it useable at full power at 50 gauge so their is a way you can guarantee it in raging strikes). Not much work is needed there.

It's the support kit where all the work needs to go into. Yes Bard's damage isn't good and people would like to see it be better. But that's just a numbers change and easily solved (if they ever will anyway). The issue with the support kit though is not something you can just slap a passive onto Bard's already active song rotation and expect the players to be happy.