So people stopped stacking Bards

[savant07]

Guess people finally found out that they are really suck at DPS at higher gear levels. So should we start complaining about FCs stacking caster classes because of their insane damage output leaving everyone especially melee in the dust?

[Kevee]

They don't suck, and no one really stacked them.

[NintenPyjak64]

Bards don't have the burst other classes do, therefore Other classes such as BLM (SMN to some extent?) and DRG would be "prefered." Though 1 Bard at least will always be necessary.

[savant07]

They don't suck, and no one really stacked them.

Got people complaining about bard stacking last month. And people complaining how overpowered they were. Wonder where those people are now? Hopefully they quit already.

[Tenkiei]

FotM QQers will always QQ, clearly the solution is to nerf bards, summoners, dragoons, monks, and buff black mages until there's a new fotm so they have something to QQ about...then that gets nerfed and we repeat the process.

[Kevee]

Got people complaining about bard stacking last month. And people complaining how overpowered they were. Wonder where those people are now? Hopefully they quit already.

Vocal minority.

[Lecreuset]

We've never stacked bards even in coil.. In fact, I think it'd make it easier to have 2 summoners or 2 black mages especially in turn 4

[Bardo]

Paladin "stacking" is a much bigger problem for War than any DD class has to contend with right now. : /

[Lecreuset]

lol yeah every warrior I personally know rolled Paladin

[Ryuko]

People liked to stack bards in Titan when few people had the win because bards can move a lot while DPSing at the same time. Theoretically, this 'should' make it easier for bards to dodge while maintaining constant damage output. However, any dps can do just as much damage as long as they know what they're doing. Bard stacking also prepares you for prolonged fights (where the healers might need Ballad), but it's not necessary. It's just one strategy among many others. I saw a "Scholar dps" Titan group the other night (literally a tank and a bunch of scholars)... it's a pretty interesting concept.

On that note... I think SE did a really good job about balancing dps classes in this game. None are particularly better than the other, and there are zero fights which force you to class stack OR avoid certain classes. Some classes make certain strategies easier, but it's not impossible to beat it another way. Multiple classes have access to different enfeebles (silence or stun, for example), so there is ALWAYS a 'way' even if you don't have what you consider to be an ideal setup.