Why Monks need a Buff + Petition!

[savant07]

Do you even read what other people post before you respond? I never said bards were top dps. I said they have high effective dps, which is true.

Effective DPS is dependent on each encounter. The only encounter where your "effective" dps of other classes might go down is Titan. Any fight in Coil, every class can pretty much output almost max if not max DPS. There aren't a lot of anti melee mechanics there and not a lot of Titan-esque abilities. So no, they are not HIGH effective DPS, they are low outside of Titan.

[Mitski]

Effective DPS is dependent on each encounter. The only encounter where your "effective" dps of other classes might go down is Titan. Any fight in Coil, every class can pretty much output almost max if not max DPS. There aren't a lot of anti melee mechanics there and not a lot of Titan-esque abilities. So no, they are not HIGH effective DPS, they are low outside of Titan.

Titan is not the only fight affected by mobility, and you completely ignored the indirect (but significant) increase in party damage from the bard utility skills.

Rage and rant as much as you want, but bards will still be good