Attack power varies with zones??

[Powercow]

Ok, yes I was. I didn't know you got a buff from being in a party with someone. I feel like such a noob. is the buff stronger the more people are in the zone with you? or how does that work. Well thank you for enlightening me

Each class gives the entire party a buff to a stat simply by being in the party and in the same zone. In the case of Bards, you give the whole party +dexterity, which helps a tiny bit with a tank's parry/block rate.