Most Valuable Class

[Daldolma]

Bards are getting way too much love. They can do a lot of things, but they're really unnecessary for a group's optimal performance. An enchanter is the best class in the game for DPS, CC, and tanking (pet). A shaman is the best class in the game for slowing. A cleric is the best class in the game for healing. A monk is the best melee class in the game.

That's everything you need. There's almost never a scenario where you're going to be better off with a bard than one of the above classes. Most of the arguments people are making in favor of bards apply to enchanters, but enchanters are better at it.

The only scenarios where a bard is going to be more useful than one of the above classes is if you need Selo's (basically just for pulling raid mobs) or resist songs (basically just for raid mobs, also).