"New" Bard.

[HyoMinPark]

The problem is that the way brd procs work, it's still hard to balance. In Alex Ultimate it's an op abomination because of multidotting, and it's by far the highest ranged dps. How do you balance a job like this when any scenario with 2-3 targets directly results in brd doing more dps than melee jobs?

I haven’t tried out BRD in TEA, so I can’t comment on the damage it has in there. However, the last 2 weeks of E1S (the only fight in the tier with adds to really pad on) actually has BRD below both MCH and DNC despite DoTs and the ability to pad on the two adds and the meteors during second orb phase. Uploads between the three ranged DPS are very close, so there’s no skewing there.

DNC: 12,696
MCH: 12,483
BRD: 12,167

This is from the 95th percentile.

EDIT: just want to add that if BRD does significantly pull ahead in TEA compared to the other DPS, I still think it’s a bit flawed. Especially if it continues to lag behind everywhere else. Most high-end fights aren’t likely to have a solid ~2 phases where there are multiple targets up and about.