Is bard dps the weakest?

[savant07]

I've seen quite a bit of posts about monks, dragoons and summoners being the strongest DPS (a lot of posts about summoners now) but rarely anything about bards. Are they the weakest DPS class (though granted they are kind of support-ish but they were changed to be pure DPS)?

Do they not compete equally with other DPS classes or are they the subpar DPS class no one wants other than for MP regen?

[mountaindew]

... you are crazy.
Bards are one of the top DPS classes

[Kass]

In my experience I'm usually doing the most damage in my group. I don't really see the need for a thread about it personally.

[KittytheSheGeek]

Not to be biased, but I think Bards are a huge benefit to any party. They are fast, do pretty decent damage, and can attack while moving. In addition, the Bard songs are extremely useful. NOT the weakest DPS by far.

[savant07]

Well it's not that I'm crazy or anything, it's just that I see so many posts about other classes, specially summoners, that they are doing INSANE damage compared to other classes but I see none about bards which makes me wonder if bards are simply the lowest DPS class and no one wants to speak about them.

[hamsteak]

well lets see

a dps class that never has to get in range, doesn't have to stop attacking to move out of aoe, and has powerful support buffs AND strong personal dps

bards are too strong

[Kass]

^ i think that sums it up quite perfectly.

[savant07]

Well yes we can attack while moving but let's look at say summoners, they can cast DoTs and they will still tick while they are moving. Someone calculated their DPS:

To keep up all the DoT damage will take 42.5 seconds of GCD so I will get (60 - 42.5 = 17.5 / 2.5 = 7) casts of Ruin.

Ruin Damage = 160 * 7 (assume no critical) = 1120.

Total Damage = 1360 + 1440 + 1640 + 1560 + 1040 + 1725 + 3250 + 1120 = 13135 over 1 minute.

13135 / 60 seconds = 218 DPS with my current gear WITHOUT Raging Strikes, Rouse, Spur, or the Pet Ultimate. Half of you don’t know what you’re talking about.


Can bards even match that?

[blessed]

Well yes we can attack while moving but let's look at say summoners, they can cast DoTs and they will still tick while they are moving. Someone calculated their DPS:

To keep up all the DoT damage will take 42.5 seconds of GCD so I will get (60 - 42.5 = 17.5 / 2.5 = 7) casts of Ruin.

Ruin Damage = 160 * 7 (assume no critical) = 1120.

Total Damage = 1360 + 1440 + 1640 + 1560 + 1040 + 1725 + 3250 + 1120 = 13135 over 1 minute.

13135 / 60 seconds = 218 DPS with my current gear WITHOUT Raging Strikes, Rouse, Spur, or the Pet Ultimate. Half of you don’t know what you’re talking about.


Can bards even match that?

let's wait for PVP to be enabled and let's see if those numbers count

[savant07]

let's wait for PVP to be enabled and let's see if those numbers count

I'm strictly talking about PvE...