Poor DPS - apparently. Need advise.

[SoloOne]

Lvl 50 Bard. Newly switched from KB/M to PC/Game Pad

Problem
A few times in Dungeons other players mentioned my DPS needs improvement.

Should I redistribute points (10,000 company seals), level up Lancer and Pugilist, or QUIT PLAYING.

Any ideas?

Points
Originally spread around anticipating "all-around" play. But 100% Dex is recommended.
184 Strength
244 Dexterity
204 Vitality
169 Intelligence
161 Mind
163 Piety

Rotation
Straight Shot -> Bloodletter -> Windbite -> Venomous B Bite -> Heavy Shot
with
Misery's End, Raging Strikes, Hawk's Eye, Internal Release, Feather Foot.


Gear

Weapon - Serpent's Sergeant's Bow L-44
Head - DarkLight Aim L-70
Body - same as above
Hands - same
Waist - same
Legs - Choral Tights - L-45
Feet - Darklight Aim L-70
Neck - Darklight Aim L-50
Ears - Darklight Aim L-70
Bracelet - same as above
Ring - Darkling Aim L-70
Ring - Aetherial Spinel Ring L-49

[Kevee]

Upgrade your weapon. I don't know how you're mostly DL, but still have a 44 weapon.

Go do WP, Ifrit, buy a 50 crafted, or get the 50 from your GC.

Also, yes. You should be all in DEX.

While B4B is good, it only amounts to a 2.5% DPS increase. You should have Invigorate, though.

[Horobi]

Lvl 50 Bard.
[...]
Weapon - Serpent's Sergeant's Bow L-44

I'd think the issue is obvious, and I'm not playing bard.

Or did I just get trolled? Oh man...

[Azoryl]

The full dex will help some.

Bard DPS is more a priority then a rotation. There are a bunch of threads about it throughout the forums... dig around a bit.

[CyanDvai]

ya, how can you be in full Darklight and still carrying a lvl 44 bow?
It boggles the mind.

You're weapon is your problem, just doing the dungeons alone you would have came across at least the Darklight Bow. Even if you started your Relic Quest you would have done AK/Ifrit/Garuda and there's a good chance of getting a much better weapon there.
I just hit 50 with my DRG and already had full DL and the Grand Company Lance waiting for me.

but like Horobi said, maybe we're just being trolled.

[Kitkat]

Your bows going to play a large factor in your output. No matter how much DL you have, if your low lvl bow is adjusting the equation lower you won't see the full benefits of increasing dex. Getting a GC lvl 55 weapon will increase your output noticeably and then you can start working on the relic quest line from there.

[Merlinian]

Bow is it. Trolled? Not sure cause I had a 50 in a group recently who had a LvL43 white/grey bow. 8000 seals for GC bow will put you on the road, or spend the gil and buy the enhanced relic precursor at the AH, you need that anyways, price depending on server, on mine its 40,000 gil.

[CyanDvai]

It's almost as bad as seeing some of those fresh 50s rolling up right out of a Fate party still wearing lvl 30 accessories. Then they get upset when you tell them they need to upgrade their gear and it's the reason why their dps sucks.

[saber_alter]

upgrade your weapon (primal weapon or DL/GC lt. weapon recommended). and grab the toxotes ring from the HM dungeons.

macro in bloodletter, heavy shot and misery's end into one macro (simplifies things).

start you rotation with straight shot, then your DOTs, then bloodletter/heavy shot.

max out your GC rank first, then buy reset, then buy weapon if you haven't gotten a better one by then.

get lancer to level 34 for B4B.

[etl003]

lol. i feel like its a troll. but i've met people on my server that did not understand that weapon damage reigns.

weapon damage > everything.