Should Foe Requiem's bonus damage be contributed to a bard?

[SuperZay]

Bard is usually one of the weakest dps because of songs/support etc, but that 10% (or 20% with Battle Voice) extra damage for mages wouldn't exist without a bard in a party. So shouldn't bard's numbers techinically be split between him and mages, making his numbers *not* so low and possibly on par with other dps?

[Cabalabob]

I assume you mean in the context of you are being parsed by your static and they're telling you your dps is low.

Yes Foe requiem is a contribution, no it's not going to suddenly make you on par with other dps.

Putting on foe doesn't stop you doing personal dps and isn't an excuse to do less yourself. BRD and MCH can put out respectable numbers, it may be slightly lower but not by much, 100-200 dps behind NIN/DRG tops.

Foe is no bigger contribution than the DRG disembowel or the MCH hypercharge or the NIN trick attack so if you're doing low dps don't use that as an excuse, you need to work on your gear or rotation. Try training on stone sky sea dummies to improve.

[SuperZay]

I assume you mean in the context of you are being parsed by your static and they're telling you your dps is low.

No, that's a hypothetical question.

[Deathgiver]

Why does it matter? only thing that actually matters is raid dps.

[CookieMonsta]

Bard is usually one of the weakest dps because of songs/support etc, but that 10% (or 20% with Battle Voice) extra damage for mages wouldn't exist without a bard in a party. So shouldn't bard's numbers techinically be split between him and mages, making his numbers *not* so low and possibly on par with other dps?

Dude, have you seen the DPS some of the best BRDs are outputting? their personal numbers are NOT weak. What you are noticing is the skill gap between the average and best players. I agree with closing this gap by simplifying the class but allowing Foe's to buff BRD damage is OP.

[mb52139]

He doesn't want foes to buff the bard damage... he wants parsers to contribute the extra dmg mages do to the bard.

I dont really think its needed. In the grand scheme of thing.. if your raid group is that into studying parsers.. they should also know when you use your songs, and take that into account, because in the grand scheme of things.. DPS is key.. but support is too. So if they aren't noticing you support them.. you should find a new group.

[Yeol]

Support DD have it different than other DD jobs.
For example, DRG/MNK/SMN/BLM just need to memories their opener and basic rotation. Once they are in, they just have to avoid AoE and not die.
MCH, BRD and NIN need to know when to use their CDs and oGCDs and this comes with trial and error in the fight it self. Like when to use trick attack, when to apply wildfire etc.

What I mean by this if you get a support DD who doesn't use their brain, then it is natural to see them falling way behind the other DD.

[MPNZ]

No. They should just make so that it buffs the damage of the whole party (except the Bard) or just the AOE actions, which would be way more useful, IMO.

[ShaneDawn]

Bard already has a decent damage output... with Disembowel, you can even compete with most of other classes on equal skill level.

As mentioned before, singing Foe's Requiem is hardly any different from a DRG maintainig Disembowel, War maintaining Storm's Eye or a Nin apllying Trick Attack whenever possible. While your magic damage dealers are surely happy for the damage buff, their damage is still not "yours".

In fact, if Foe damage was added to the Bard's damage, any parses we have would be highly reliant on what your mages can do, and thus bard parses would be highly inconsistent. Unless there was an option to toggle off Foe's from the parse, which would be obligatory in any serious context and we're back where we started off. So why even bother?

[mosaicex]

BRD 10% extra damage also wouldn't exist without DRG's disembowel. Or 10% Raid wide damage buff from Trick attack, Balance etc etc.

Do you suggest we adjust all these accordingly or should only BRD get special treatment?