The best bard on the raid should be in the tank group

[Troxx]

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

what qualifies you as the best bard , asking for myself

Having the biggest *flute*

[Trexller]

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

what qualifies you as the best bard , asking for myself

understands that bard is a hybrid caster and plays it as such.

every other bard just stands there twisting 2 songs max, or runs tiny circles in velks

[aussenseiter]

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

Having the biggest *flute*

Brass+Singing

[magnetaress]

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

Lets also stop slowing dragons so bards can do more DS damage.

This + multiple rez sticks is #1 strat. Can kill everything in game. Even shit u shouldn't be killing.

[Naethyn]

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

what qualifies you as the best bard , asking for myself

The tank group always gets the "extra" bard without epic and other cool stuff. Epic improves DS damage. The mana component of manasong is not affected by epic so these top tier bards are completely wasted in the cleric group. The extra bard should go in the cleric group.

[Toxigen]

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

The tank group always gets the "extra" bard without epic and other cool stuff. Epic improves DS damage. The mana component of manasong is not affected by epic so these top tier bards are completely wasted in the cleric group. The extra bard should go in the cleric group.

the only mob today where this actually matters is aow

everything else is being killed with numbers far more than necessary

[Videri]

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

The tank group always gets the "extra" bard without epic and other cool stuff. Epic improves DS damage. The mana component of manasong is not affected by epic so these top tier bards are completely wasted in the cleric group. The extra bard should go in the cleric group.

Troxx is right.

[Naethyn]

Maybe in the current raid meta, but historically raid meta can change, and optimizations like bard in the tank group are what kills mobs.

[7thGate]

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

the only mob today where this actually matters is aow

everything else is being killed with numbers far more than necessary

Matters for Vindi sometimes. How many people show up for Vindi varies a lot by guild and time of day. Its possible for even Riot to fail to muster for a 3 AM Vindi, and plenty of kills go down with 20 people where a Bard DSing the Tank/Ramp Tank is relevant.

[7thGate]

Usually in the parses I've seen Bard is second highest DPS on Vindi behind whoever is charming Bvellos, unless Yetarr is involved.