What are the parse numbers on a bard with WM and without?

[SovereignAegis]

I am looking for an awesome parse, both with equal effort and equal gear (ideally the same bard? Bah whatever) on a Bard using WM and then not using WM.

I don't know if the difference in damage is actually that significant even with the alterations.

[HaroldSaxon]

I don't know what I would do if it wasn't for a daily bard post from SovereignAegis

[Uninstall]

I don't know what I would do if it wasn't for a daily bard post from SovereignAegis

You can always go check out the SMN post from Akiza

[Kaze3434]

I am looking for an awesome parse, both with equal effort and equal gear (ideally the same bard? Bah whatever) on a Bard using WM and then not using WM.

I don't know if the difference in damage is actually that significant even with the alterations.

this right here. even before the changes, you were the last person to be calling for any kind of adjustment, because you dont know. on topic, no, if you want to know if the change makes a difference, lvl it up yourself and find out, or search reddit.

[AniCelestine]

I mained bard from 2.0 till 2.1 then I went smn and then mnk and now with 3.0 back to bard.

There's with WM and without WM parses in same folder

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ij1r49qtt...Z0Neg3-1a?dl=0


And then there's some I've done today in A/F3 (DF party)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5cy3cw91...22-3kztua?dl=0

Dummy parses stopped when I ran out of TP

I'm not going to say I'm the best at what I'm doing, but decent dps if you ask me

Edit: Oh right, no food/pot/party buffs those are caue cba

[SovereignAegis]

I mained bard from 2.0 till 2.1 then I went smn and then mnk and now with 3.0 back to bard.

There's with WM and without WHM parses in same folder

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ij1r49qtt...Z0Neg3-1a?dl=0

And then there's some I've done today in A/F3 (DF party)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5cy3cw91...22-3kztua?dl=0

Dummy parses stopped when I ran out of TP

I'm not going to say I'm the best at what I'm doing, but decent dps if you ask me

Edit: Oh right, no food/pot/party buffs those are caue cba

Ah, this is good news!

Using WM actually isn't that big of a DPS increase at all- and this is ignoring mechanics interrupting the casting during WM.

I appreciate this! Thank you!

...Also each time you are very obviously out DPSing the dragoons. I find that funny lol

[Malevicton]

Ah, this is good news!

Using WM actually isn't that big of a DPS increase at all- and this is ignoring mechanics interrupting the casting during WM.

Am I misreading something somewhere? Those dummy parses look like a 100 dps increase, which is pretty significant.

[Wintersandman]

Using WM actually isn't that big of a DPS increase at all- and this is ignoring mechanics interrupting the casting during WM.

It's a 12% increase in Damage. I call that pretty significant, especially in a long fight. That would theoretically be 50,000 damage missed over the course of the fight like the A/F3 fight that was shown.

[AskaRay]

Man no one is forcing you to play with WM. If you truly loathe it that much, just don't use it.

Statics still need bards/machinist whether they want to admit it or not, you'll find someone out there if you really want to be a bard in a static who doesn't use WM.

Also, that character of yours barely even has a bard? Unless you have another character I fail to see why you care so much about a job you don't play. Like, I don't go inserting myself in the whole monk or dragoon things people talk about because... I don't use them.

[AniCelestine]

...Also each time you are very obviously out DPSing the dragoons. I find that funny lol

That's just people in DF being bad F4 with a friend on his mnk and he did 120k more dmg in total than me and I was 2nd in total dmg