Bard Nerfs Offically Confirmed

[ChaozK]

The thing with plumes is very dependent on the party composition. Most people run 3 ranged/ 1 melee so the plumes are indeed more stacked in the ranged area. If you run more melees it will be more stacked in the front - the fight mechanic does not favor one class over the other, just the community favoring ranged dps over melee dps (justified or not).

[reckless76]

My thought on this is that Bloodletter and Misery's End, and probably Heavy Shot, seem like shots that get their power from precision aiming and hitting vital spots. That said, I feel silly when spamming those skills and I'm not even facing the mob. They should really require at the least for the Bard to stand still when using them. Maybe that's what everyone means when saying they should have cast times, but I wouldn't want them to take longer to use. Bloodletter already has a 2 second animation..

[Charas]

My thought on this is that Bloodletter and Misery's End, and probably Heavy Shot, seem like shots that get their power from precision aiming and hitting vital spots(...)that's what everyone means when saying they should have cast times, but I wouldn't want them to take longer to use. Bloodletter already has a 2 second animation..

Bard is not a caster. And i ll repeat it once again (i might have post it in another thread tho), if we were to have cast times on our skills, then i also want us to have access to caster classes dmgs. It would imply a 200+ potency on bloodletter/200+ on misery's end, and 170 on heavy shot to make up for our poor based dps (considering they ll remove B4B/Invigorate).
I would like to point out that BLM deal regularly 600 dmg on their non crit atks, and 1600+ dmg on Flare with criticals.... Now tell me how the *** ppl think that bard damage with our royal 200+ skill hit (no critical) is too high?
This madness has to end.

[Pinklefairy]

Soooo.... not allowed to be the full on "support", also not allowed to do reasonable damage or have a DPS limit break... This is starting to feel like a repeat of my WoW experiences.

[Arkh]

And still no answer from the devs.

[Nooblet]

If invigorate goes I will cry.. I can live without b4b(but I'd miss it).

[Aleph_One]

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part IX just confirmed they intend to nerf BRD damage along side the Warrior buffs in 2.1

So to put it simple congratulations, the endless tears of players that can't clear Titan have swayed the Devs into nerfing a class that consistently pulls 2nd to bottom DPS on high level coil parses with competent players. You may have perhaps caused a massive unneeded damage nerf to a useful role in raids.

Discuss why people don't know what they are talking about and why I'm wrong.

They are probably just going to nerf your ability to completely ignore fight mechanics, which is completely reasonable. i wouldn't automatically assume that whatever they do will hurt your damage.

[Woodberry]

They are probably just going to nerf your ability to completely ignore fight mechanics, which is completely reasonable. i wouldn't automatically assume that whatever they do will hurt your damage.

Tell me how bards are ignoring fight mechanics?

[Aleph_One]

Tell me how bards are ignoring fight mechanics?

Is this a statement, or a rhetorical question? Your ability to DPS with impunity is pretty blatant and has been discussed to death; I'm not sure why you're asking me this.

[Woodberry]

Is this a statement, or a rhetorical question? Your ability to DPS with impunity is pretty blatant and has been discussed to death; I'm not sure why you're asking me this.

It is to illustrate bards do not ignore fight mechanics, they still have to move like everyone else. If you are going to make a statement, make the correct one. Bards can do damage while avoiding aoe. This is how they are designed and why they are the current lowest dps class. The only fight they are competing at the top is Titan HM, all other fights they are behind.

There is nothing reasonable about a bard damage nerf. A support nerf, sure. Bards however need a damage buff.