Most Complex DPS Class

[Leonas]

Go loo kin the other thread at the math. For min-maxing, DRG has about a 27 GCD non-repeating rotation. The problem people are seeing as to how they can say, " DRG isn't hard. " Is because it only has 2 abilities that are stuck on the positional requirements. Granted if you don't land those 2, then you're dps drops like a rock, but all the abilities chained after don't require the positionals, just to be chained. This still requires dancing around the boss and can screw you in a high mobility fight; Not as much as it screws over monks though.

And saying DRG has the easiest off GCD abilities is laughable. The longest animations that lock you in, so if you time it right and an aoe opens up under your feet. Well too bad, dead dps.

[ChanceSkeleton]

Lots of bard hate in this piece. They're not as simple as you guys make it out to be, there is complexity to them at 50. You guys make it sound brain dead.

[Nemhy]

Lots of bard hate in this piece. They're not as simple as you guys make it out to be, there is complexity to them at 50. You guys make it sound brain dead.

Because they are braindead, especially with the BL/Me macros :P

[Azunia]

Lots of bard hate in this piece. They're not as simple as you guys make it out to be, there is complexity to them at 50. You guys make it sound brain dead.

I don't believe there is any hate towards bards. Only the fact other classes have a difficulty factor to each one. Brd tends to be one of, if not the easiest to maximize dps with little puinishment. I would add blm is the best dps, but knowing how to use it takes practice unless you like wasting most of your mp on a few skills. What everyone is trying to say is that other jobs are more complex and take understanding. I believe melee jobs really need to know what they are doing. People prefer recruiting brds than taking mnk or drg in any boss fight due to the risk of him dying or not performing enough dps. Its just the way the mechanics are.

[LunarEmerald]

Bard

Somebody is requesting a song -> play desired song (singing is like casting. You have to stand still for a few seconds. Easy to get hit by aoes)
Healer's MP is low -> mage's ballad with battle voice
Damage needs to be reduced -> rain of death
Black mage in the party -> foe's requiem, possibly with battle voice
Ballad is up and healer has plenty of MP -> turn off ballad
Straight shot isn't up -> straight shot
Dots aren't up -> venomous bite and windbite
Crit proc is up -> straight shot critical
Everything is up -> macro spam

You also need to stay close to people you're singing for. In case they keep moving too far away. >_> Many healers don't seem to realize if they move too far away, my song stops working for them.

Well timed swift songs can speed up dungeons by a good bit. If you're going for speed. Swiftsong is only a tad slower than sprinting.

It certainly isn't the most complex class but there's more to it than people think.

[LunarEmerald]

It is easy to maximize Bard's dps but Bard is more than dps. It's part support. It has more responsibility than the other dps jobs.

Bard is most tricky when you're trying to balance support and dps. Leaving Mage's Ballad up longer than needed severely hurts your dps and hurts the group overall. You have to pay close attention to the healer's MP.

[Nibb]

It is easy to maximize Bard's dps but Bard is more than dps. It's part support. It has more responsibility than the other dps jobs.

Bard is most tricky when you're trying to balance support and dps. Leaving Mage's Ballad up longer than needed severely hurts your dps and hurts the group overall. You have to pay close attention to the healer's MP.

Umm.. that's.. not hard to do. At all.

[LunarEmerald]

Umm.. that's.. not hard to do. At all.

Who said anything about hard? The only hard thing about this game is Titan HM and Turn 4-5 Coil.

[Moesugi]

Whenever this kind of thread pop up, DRG/MNK will come in, QQ how hard their rotation is and still get beaten by BRD

[Nibb]

Whenever this kind of thread pop up, DRG/MNK will come in, QQ how hard their rotation is and still get beaten by BRD

Well I'm sure you're smart enough to be able to tell how that will work out in the end, right?