why there are so many BRD out there? what happened to other dps?

[samm5]

i done so many trials and let say 80% of my trials has either 2 or 3 BRDS. i know everyone been complaining about them but why there are still many of them? is BRD really popular among all the dps even if their dps isnt that good?

[Rufalus]

I think bard might be easiest dps job to perform at maximum efficiency, so bard players can still do consistently good dps by performing near the skill ceiling with relatively less effort than say a machinist or ninja. Maybe that's a reason. I haven't really noticed any dominant job on my data center, they all seem to be used a lot.

[SaitoHikari]

I think bard might be easiest dps job to perform at maximum efficiency, so bard players can still do consistently good dps by performing near the skill ceiling with relatively less effort than say a machinist or ninja. Maybe that's a reason. I haven't really noticed any dominant job on my data center, they all seem to be used a lot.

I don't know, I think the opposite. These days, if I see a fellow Bard, I expect their DPS to be extremely low. In the post-Minuet world, the amount of effort needed to perform well skyrockets.

Although since this is Trial Roulette we're talking about here, in which the majority of trials available caps players at Lv. 50 which happens to be before Minuet is a thing, then yeah, it becomes understandable why you see so many bards in there. Personally the amount of bards I've seen in Lv. 60 content has shrunk with each passing month.

[Metalwrath]

I think bard might be easiest dps job to perform at maximum efficiency, so bard players can still do consistently good dps by performing near the skill ceiling with relatively less effort.

Dragoon is still by far the easiest class to perform maximum effeciency and the most overpowered.A lot of players are switching to Bard for 2 simple reasons.Bards in general can still generally get away with doing abysmal dps because a lot of people still have the mentality that bard does really low damage.Essentially you can be lazy with the class but as long as you play your songs and Keep foe up.99% of the time nobody will call you out on your dps.
The other reason is that it's the easiest of the ranged classes to deal with dungeon trash and boss mechanics.lvl 60 content is full of trash that relentlessy spams aoes and huge cones making melee classes harder to play .A lot of people are ditching playing melee classes because of the frustration it causes.

[Calypsx]

They use a bow that's why. Bow using classes are usually incredibly popular if not the most popular in most mmorpgs.

[Yuni_Queen]

I think bard might be easiest dps job to perform at maximum efficiency

I must disagree. i have all dps on 60 and not only to show off, so i am trying to do at least 1300 on my shitty 205 ilvl which i have on most of them.
That said, bard is rather hard to play (for me, however that may be fact, that i don't like BRD at all, i prefered ARC.)

To specify easiest class to play, i would rather say train for 20 minutes rotation of every class, that you have previousely searched, and make it be easy.
I mean, DRG and MNK are so much easier for me.

Rather than say "Hard" or "Easy" we should say "Unforgiving" or "Forgiving".
BRD is indeed forgiving class alongside with MCH, that's why, compared to do not so complicated rotation (i am prolly just a scrub as BRD) makes BRD a good back-line chilling dude to spam Expert Roulette for Lore.

And that's why you find so many BRDs lately. BLM is really not too mobile and unforgiving, SMN has that pesky pets, and MCH is indeed harsh class, thou not so unforgiving.

[samm5]

i barely see any BLM or MCH.. i thought about trying out BLM and MNK but seeing not many of them but BRD, its kinda make me concern if i should just roll on BRD seem its so popular.

[Cetonis]

Could just be confirmation bias. But, BRD is one of the more-fun classes to do trash packs with, since their AoE rotation is more interesting and dynamic to execute than most others, so you might see them more in dungeons or 24-mans for that reason.

Alternately, if someone is feeling lazy BRD lets them 'get away' with it more. You can keep your basic stuff going without using a lot of different buttons, so you get to feel like you're doing a passable job without putting in much effort. You'd actually be doing pretty badly, but it won't feel like it. A lot of BRD's damage losses happen silently and often simply aren't noticed by players who aren't very good.

[Yeol]

You'll find many BRDs in trials, levelling, lvl 50 duty roulette, but not too many in lvl 60 and expert duty roulette.
I think MCH is the rarest job out there.

[Jilliebeans]

You'll find many BRDs in trials, levelling, lvl 50 duty roulette, but not too many in lvl 60 and expert duty roulette.
I think MCH is the rarest job out there.

ehh idk about that lol, i been going with duo BRD for 60 and expert a lot lately, same thing with Alexander random ques lol, i tend to see atleast 2 BRD that ques together, it HAPPENED that i get 3-4 BRD and let me tell you those run didnt end up too well LOL!