Quote Originally Posted by Kuwagami View Post
Bard damage had been nerfed because back in 2.0 there was no reason to bring anything else in a group. They were close to top dps, huge utility, no drawbacks, etc... They nerfed the damage. ONCE.
it is NORMAL that a bard will never reach other dps's numbers. They add way more to the table on other aspects to make it fair if they had better damages. What's more, the end game encounters are designed to be made with a bard in the team. If you struggle with a bard, then your team as a whole has a problem. It's NOT because bard's damage is lower than the others, but because your whole team has a lower dps than expected by the devs.

Also, you have not been nerfed more with i115, then i135. The scaling is the same for other dps and bards. You have less at start, so you gain less at each increase. Overall, your dps stays at the same % behind the other dps, and that's (once again) normal. of course the bigger the highest numbers are, the bigger the gap will grow. It doesn't mean you're nerfed more.
Wrong, i send you to my post

Allagan bow 42 WD
Allagan melee 46 WD

+4 difference

High allagan bow 48 WD
High allawan melee 53 WD

+5 difference

Dreadwyrm bow 52 WD
dreadwyrm melee 58 WD

+6 difference

]--- Each patch, the WD from bards is more lower than melees ---[

95 => 115 WD from bards was increased 6 points
95 => 115 WD from melees was increased 7 points

115 => 135 WD from bards was increased 4 points
115 => 135 WD from melees was increased 5 points

The increase was the same, yeah but read below

***** The importance of Weapon Damage *****
// Maybe the stats could change i haven't time to recheck the post in reddit about new stats. //

One weapon damage equals to:
"8.73" STR on MNK.
"9.153" DEX on BRD.
"8.732" STR on DRG.
"6.625" INT on BLM/SMN

monk 115 weapon gives 53 x 8.73 462.69
brd 115 weapon gives 48 x 9.153 439.344

Difference: 23.35

monk 135 weapon gives 58 x 8.73 506.34
brd 135 weapon gives 52 x 9.153 475.956

Difference: 30.384

If the next progression would be 155 ilvl and following the curve, melee gains 3 WD more and bards only 2.

monk 155 weapon gives 61 x 8.73 532.53
brd 155 weapon gives 54 x 9.153 494.262

Difference: 38.268

It's all numbers, we are losing more dps each patch is release, you could see it or not, but the numbers are there.

Atm, the reason to bring one bard is because the "what if...", a healer die, or a melee die, but when you are pushing your limits, bards is low than others dps, maybe share the pos with summoners.

If you don't need manasong, why may one bard take one spot? Take a ninja as TP station and the dps will be more greatful than bard because you don't lose 20% playing the song.