Bard Points Allocation - Isn;t it DEX?

[Rekujin]

Bard isn't about big numbers... it's small/medium numbers at a rapid pace. Have u seen the amount of damage we do with all our buffs weaved into a Barrage? it's insane..

Just make sure you're weaving your buffs nicely with your shots

Is True Shot always up?
Both dots always up?
do you have blood for blood unlocked? using it with Internal Release and Hawk's Eye?
are you using True Shot when it's guranteed to crit?

there's so many factors for bard, learn the rotation and priority and you'll be fine...

[Dervy]

People upload videos/images of parsers being shown daily. People streaming nearly always have a parser open. Ask yourself, why haven't these people been banned?

Yes, it's against the ToS to use parsers, but SE don't really care as long as you're not using parsing to harass others. They made the ToS broad enough to cover all kinds of malicious 3rd-party tools/hacks/mods which others may use and unfortunately, parsers fall prey to the wording used in the ToS. YoshiP even addressed this issue around this time last year and pretty much confirmed, as long as you do not speak about it in game or use parsers with malicious intent, nothing will happen.

[siverstorm]

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link it but search Krietor endgame bard guide. I see it recommended often elsewhere. You don't need to go full in depth with it but the first few sections should answer a lot of questions you have.

B4B and Internal Release are essential CDs for a bard.

[Faelandaea]

Thanks, siverstorm I never saw that guide before but I will Google it right now!

EDIT: Holy crap! That guide is perfect! You are right it did answer a lot of questions for me and it's perfect in how it explains various situations endgame for rotations. Thanks again!

[abzoluut]

as a healer, my weakest heal heals people for over 2000 (Physick), so it stands to reason that the balance should be that DPS have an equal amount of damage output, correct?

I just can not grasp why someone would think this "stands to reason". Two complete different roles. Surely the numbers can't be the same.

This is another reason why we need an ingame parser. People just don't have a clue and it's not always their fault. Would be nice if people would have a general idea about (over) healing, dps, mitigation %. I think it would be for the better in general.

[Faelandaea]

I just can not grasp why someone would think this "stands to reason". Two complete different roles. Surely the numbers can't be the same.

This is another reason why we need an ingame parser. People just don't have a clue and it's not always their fault. Would be nice if people would have a general idea about (over) healing, dps, mitigation %. I think it would be for the better in general.

I agree and I stood corrected a couple pages ago. I have played games where healing was on par with damage and such that it all balanced out. In this game healers can definitely get more numbers than damage, so my confusion was nullified thanks to people speaking up.

[RinchanNau]

So much crit. 44% actually seems like it's on the lower end of rng if you had that much crit. On my build w/ 620 crit I seem to get around 44-45%. The length of the encounter is a bit shorter on that fight. Depends on party config too. Mine was triple melee so I used Paeon more than usual but also received Goad at least 2 or 3 times, haha.

[Ooshima]

So much crit. 44% actually seems like it's on the lower end of rng if you had that much crit. On my build w/ 620 crit I seem to get around 44-45%. The length of the encounter is a bit shorter on that fight. Depends on party config too. Mine was triple melee so I used Paeon more than usual but also received Goad at least 2 or 3 times, haha.

Yeap that's why I mentioned it wasn't really a fair comparison if we were talking about the fight itself and the DPS number, but more of showing a hand of the crit %

BTW yes at around 620 is 40-45% range. I was running at 641 just now as I am still missing on 3 items to hit the 699 mark, which I suspect should be typically 45-50% range.

[Empty-handed]

Yeap that's why I mentioned it wasn't really a fair comparison if we were talking about the fight itself and the DPS number, but more of showing a hand of the crit %

BTW yes at around 620 is 40-45% range. I was running at 641 just now as I am still missing on 3 items to hit the 699 mark, which I suspect should be typically 45-50% range.

from fcob raid yesterday. i've been told that my crit % was 41%.

my crit is 635. (with food)

[ZhycranaDranix]

Am I the only one that noticed OP said on normal heals , he's hitting 2K at the lowest on physick what are you like ilvl160?