Is bard dps the weakest?

[Viridiana]

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?

Here's an idea, if you're going to quote someone's numbers, make sure their math is right.

The person you're quoting numbers from somehow got all of their dots--every single one--to tick 19 times in 1 minute. This is impossible if you're starting from scratch. There's just no way mathematically to make that make sense.

Subtracting out their mysterious extra dot tics, I get the following numbers, taking into account that poster's 5% crit rate:

Bio II + Miasma + Thunder = 3,770 damage (Bio II and Miasma critical counted) (19 Bio II, 17 each for Miasma and Thunder)
Bio I = 1,400 damage (17 tics, one critical)
Shadow Flare = 960 damage (16 tics)
Ruin = 1,120 damage (7 casts)
Fester = 1,725 damage (3 casts)
Pet damage = 3,250 damage (20 attacks, one critical)
Total damage = 12,225 damage

And, of course, this all assumes absolutely 0 movement on the caster's part, as that's also eking out every single Ruin you can cast. And, to be fair, it also assumes 0 buffs. I'll make another post when I finish figuring out how much my BRD can do. . .