Charming an add instead of mezzing it will help the bard increase his DPS substantially. But that takes more coordination and skill than most bards will try.
Bard melee DPS is bad. If you are trying to contribute meaningfully to a group yourself, you are better off sitting back with a drum and singing the chant songs than trying to tear up DPS with weapons.
Bards live off a simple philosophy: Bards can do anything, but it takes them 3 seconds to do it and it lasts for 3 ticks (12-18sec). What a bard accomplishes within those 3 ticks separates the wheat from the chaff.
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