Bard Nerfs Offically Confirmed

[ziddyt]

Bards aren't that great.

They certainly aren't top theoretical dps.

However they were unimpacted by movement.

Melee was severely impacted by movement.

They are buffing melee movement (utility, not damage), and they are nerfing bards in some way.

Because it seems like restricting their movement is a stupid idea, likely it is just a small nerf in the area of 5-10%.

To give you an idea of how little this nerf will actually mean for you, a 10% nerf to 1 dps (assuming tanks do 25% of a dps's damage, and healers do 0%), you lower the raid's damage by 2.3% total.

Now this means that a 10 minute fight, it will take 13 seconds longer.

You'll live.

This is what's even funnier. Bards nerfed and melee buffed means the gap is going to be hilarious, and no one realizes it.
I also don't get why people harp on Bard silence. It is bad design that SE made it the only viable end-game interrupt. Blame them, not the class. I *highly* doubt these people whining about it even want to take on that burden.