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Originally Posted by Loke [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

70 MR (no epic) vs 126 MR (epic) on psalm, MR is king on raids, and 56 MR that stacks with everything is huge.

That is one of the biggest, but the bard epic isn't about 1 thing that it changes that makes it OP, it is about the combination of all those little changes that enables the class to do so much more with the limited time they have with their songs. Bard dps is bad, but 25 DPS is better than 0 for a raid. 56 MR might not be the be all end all, but if it keeps 2 or 3 rogues from getting feared for 8-10 seconds, that is huge. Ask TMO about how important resists are to raiding, took them awhile to figure out, but TMO today isn't wiping to gore with 70 people like TMO of the past, and the main reason for that is resists (not intended as a dig at TMO, you clear doing well now, but you guys have to admit in early Kunark some of you raids were straight up embarrassing). 30 atk from epic + the singing mod on the 55 melee song, applied to a group of rogues or monks is a significant dps increase. Any one of these things on their own isn't game changing, but when put together an epic bard brings so much to a raid that a non-epic bard cannot, that I would consider it game changing.

^ Bards got enough shit going on. When they actually have to play varying songs that shit is invaluable. But seriously, fuck bard dps [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Also it lets the bard wear pd katana + epic which gives you another 20 sv all barring any songs. Is nice.