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

[Gilraen]

I'd love to know where this whole "Support DPS" idea comes from and why people keep perpetuating it. It doesn't exist its construct people use to justify what is a blatantly stupid discrepancy in DPS numbers.

Hmm... so you just joined recently if your forums registration is a clue so it's forgivable that you don't know where the 'support DD' notion stems. It's from 1.0 where Bard was substantially more supportive, cross-classing pugilist and conjurer. In fact, Bard was expected to have Raise as part of it's skill set or they were deemed 'worthless'. Their '2 hour' was called Soul Voice and on top of buffing songs it also granted an HP boost. That's obviously not the case anymore, but the songs remain largely unchanged outside of duration and the '2 hour' renamed Battle Voice with the HP boost removed. This is why the 'support DD' notion is still around, Bards are still expected to give it through song.

[LambLich]

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Except were no longer in 1.0, hell i wonder how many spouting "support dps" even played 1.0. The penalty for using support is already built into the ability, why and how can anyone justify anything beyond that. I dont want the best dps but i at least expect to be comparable when the encounter doesn't require as much of our support abilities.