Bard Limit Break

[Riepah]

I've had runs with all bards where LB was in fact incredibly useful. Level 1 is quick and dirty and popping it while I'm Stance Dancing means I can dps longer, harder. I don't understand how you can think what's usually 5-10% of a bosses HP is worth more than the amount of damage your party can do over a period of time because they don't require healing.

Not requiring healing only means your healers can now DPS, if they dare - and in most harder content, they won't, because the "don't require healing"-thing is something that can change all too quickly. Every DPS class is already DPSing, whether their HP is low or not. Death is the only exception to that, and only LB 3 remedies that - with an animation so slow that the user is pretty much guaranteed to die. BRD/Healer LB 1 and 2 seem pretty worthless. 3 is sometimes awesome.

[Cynfael]

I've had runs with all bards where LB was in fact incredibly useful. Level 1 is quick and dirty and popping it while I'm Stance Dancing means I can dps longer, harder. I don't understand how you can think what's usually 5-10% of a bosses HP is worth more than the amount of damage your party can do over a period of time because they don't require healing.

Your party's damage output should typically not vary with the amount of healing they require unless mechanics are forcing them to stop attacking, anyway. Would rather that LB add a few thousand extra damage than provide what is usually excessive/unnecessary healing.

[subteraneanbird]

Clearly you run with healers who don't play to their full potential. I frequently DPS in all stripes of content.