Well i do see why this happened. Eventually on lvl 50 (dunno about coils, haven't had the chance to venture in there, although i have the gear) everyone is looking for bards. The crazyest is when ppl start looking for all bard dps+1drg for the LB.

I dunno about the pure damage output for the bards since i have not played it. But the reason why bards are so demanded is clear:
1) they are ranged dps - so they can stay clear of the danger fairly easy in most cases
2) their attacks are instant like melee dps

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