Bard DPS on dummy, need inputs

[tomtensfarfar]

Hey.
My ilvl is 186 and I've got the Hive Bow. I think I used the best rotation possible but I'm not content with it. I hit 992dps over the course of 2:20, and I can upload a video of the parsing session if anyone is interested to go in depth. Thanks in advance.

link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whOi6Axmly8

[Sleigh]

Just curious, why are you stopping at 2m20s?

[Astral145]

Don't get me wrong I love the new brd but I still think we could use some buffs. I don't have a parser (PS4) but I have practice immensely and I still feel that brd's dps is pretty bad. yes I get we have some utility that helps the group but still its not satisfying to have such low numbers. I really hope SE does something about this.

[m3eansean]

Don't get me wrong I love the new brd but I still think we could use some buffs. I don't have a parser (PS4) but I have practice immensely and I still feel that brd's dps is pretty bad. yes I get we have some utility that helps the group but still its not satisfying to have such low numbers. I really hope SE does something about this.

The intent is, that due to their ability to be an MP and TP battery, their dps will always be lower than just a "pure" dps class like a dragoon. BRD and MCH will always have the lowest dps under the FFXIV structure, due to their raid utilities. If you are satisfied with big numbers, another dps class may suit you more.

[Xyth]

My main was Bard, first one to 60, and hated it. I just couldn't stand playing casting as a DPS. I'll probably level another DPS class later. But I switched over to AST and have been using it as my main since. Right now, my AST is 188 while bard sits at 180.

I've done my rotation on a dummy, and I parsed about 1,050 around the 3:00 mark. The thing about bard is, they are very very proc reliant. It doesn't even matter so much about the casting, but more that the Bloodletter Reset and the Straighter Shot proc - ON TOP of the crits you do, really makes the BRD spike in damage. I went 4 Bloodletters in a row without a single reset, which just ruins my overall damage.

[tomtensfarfar]

Just curious, why are you stopping at 2m20s?

It was supposed to be a 2 min parse but the parsing person told me too late :P.

[Sessurea]

Hey.
My ilvl is 186 and I've got the Hive Bow. I think I used the best rotation possible but I'm not content with it. I hit 992dps over the course of 2:20, and I can upload a video of the parsing session if anyone is interested to go in depth. Thanks in advance.

link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whOi6Axmly8

3 minutes without miseries end is generally the standard people compare.

[Astral145]

The intent is, that due to their ability to be an MP and TP battery, their dps will always be lower than just a "pure" dps class like a dragoon. BRD and MCH will always have the lowest dps under the FFXIV structure, due to their raid utilities. If you are satisfied with big numbers, another dps class may suit you more.

Unfortunately I do not like any other class in the game. BLM was awesome in 2.0 but I don't like 3.0 blm. I like range classes simple as that. And that whole mp/tp utility is total bs and just an excuse. Ninja and SMN brings just as much utility as a brd and don't try to run around that. Seriously a dps that can do in battle Raise and sub par healing is support but doesn't receive any penalty for raising while in combat o.O? Its a lazy way to not allow brds to be just as vital in dps as other classes. I'm not asking for melee based damage but I would like to see brds to be on the same level as a smn while not being a mp/tp battery. There is no excuse for brds to be a pathetic dps.

[tomtensfarfar]

3 minutes without miseries end is generally the standard people compare.

Ok, thanks. Will have to do it a later time then.

[Geardagas]

How can you even begin to compare it without misery though? It goes without saying that it's a huge part of our dps.

I personally have no problem with bards dps (or new playstyle, for that matter). We are more than competitive as far as I'm concerned, and if you factor in the dps increase that requiem adds to the raid, we're on par with everyone else.