MCH (a mostly positive viewpoint )

[Elnidfse]

BRD has palisade too btw.

I know that you silly goose. I'm saying that it really doesn't require much thought process. Most healers end up overhealing the heck out of the raid. My earthly star alone when it crits loses 20% of itself to overhealing alone. And I've been in susan where every single lightning has been dropped on the raid and we've survived.

Anyways I simply meant to show that aside from dot management we're not so different.
songs to heat (duration to amount)
procs for procs (my combo steps, your PP)
straight shot for hotshot (which we both hate)
castbar to castbar (troubadour to dismantle)
and you have as mentioned
Dot Duration
and
MP
I guess if I would list anything MCH have it'd be
CD syncs
and WF (But those would probably be the same thing as they're essentially the same thing)

[EdwinLi]

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Testing out Bard now I found that...

1) Songs are far more easier to manage than Heat mechanic becuase keeping the song up is easier. All player have to do is activate the next song of your choice once the current song ends. With 3 songs players always have room to keep up the music.

2) The DoT is easier to manage since the upgrade to them into 30 seconds timer has greatly boosted Bard's DoT recharge timeframe for Iron Jaw use. DoT can also be placed on multiple enemies thus the Bard can focus more on multiple enemies while still causing damage through their DoT on another enemy. More enemies with Bard's DoT the more chance for Song's mechanic to Proc.

3) Stright Shot actually benefits the Bard's Mechanic, beyond simply increase Bard's skill attack crit chance, by increase Proc chance on DoT so the Song mechanics can proc more. Hot Shot lacks that type of synergy with the MCh Heat Mechanic which makes it feel more like a filler than a actual beneift beyond the 5% damage boost.