Why are bards / Mechanists so... Sensitive? <_<

[Catwho]

The worst insult I ever got as a bard was "you aoe slut" - that was from a dragoon after I'd won the 5th or 6th piece of gear from Sohm Al. I was more amused than upset at that point, both at the stupidity of the insult (because I was outdamaging them due to the large number of AOE pulls in that dungeon) and the fact that I WAS kind of being a loot whore.

Right now, I'm one of the bards that is holding a grudge and is going to do everything I can to rip hate from the tank to prove a point. By the time we're on the 2nd or 3rd pull in a dungeon the tank realizes that I'm not joking around and actually keeps hate better.

quelling strikes lol what is that

As for the discussion regarding bard and machinist damage: A bard at their absolute best peak performance will still give the other merely good DPS a run for their money, but any of the other DPS at peak performance will stomp a bard's numbers flat. Since very few DPS run at maximum efficiency outside of the most hardcore raiding teams, but those are the very teams that are parsing the new abilities, bard seems weak in comparison. However, a great bard in normal content is still going to do amazing, especially dungeons with AOE pulls. Our FC leader, a career bard, just cleared Bismarck Ex twice tonight - the second time easily.