Quote Originally Posted by Vaen View Post
Why are Bards so popular anyway? I had a DF group recently where both "DPS" players were Bards, and it didn't make for a very great experience.
1. We'll generally Bards are supposed to be "easy" to play (I can't comment that because I have not played one yet)

2. Also generall understanding of endgame raids (i.e coil) is that any melee dps is a waste of space and makes fights harder because they tend to get aeo damage often.

3. AEO chars are very popular now after most people have discovered that some fates (not only Dark Devices) can be abused (note: not exploited) to level really fast if you have loads of aoe and tag enough mobs. Bards with their ground target ae is a nice way to claim all fate mobs if you coordinate between the bards who puts what in the spawns...

4. I do agree, I have done severall AK and CM runs recently where we only had bards as DPS. While its generally not an Issue DPS whise, it is certainly one when it come to limit breaks...