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Bards - Viable?
Dec 7th, 2018 at 9:46am
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Are any melee bards good right now with the u41 pass?
  
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Re: Bards - Viable?
Reply #1 - Dec 7th, 2018 at 12:53pm
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My Swashbuckler is fine. The Epic Defensive Fighting feat really helps!
  

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Reply #2 - Dec 7th, 2018 at 3:09pm
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10 Yard Leap wrote on Dec 7th, 2018 at 9:46am:
Are any melee bards good right now with the u41 pass?

No.  U41 didn't change much in the way of bard's melee prowess.

Melee bards are just as "meh" now as they were before U41.  The song buffs are just more convenient to sustain (unless you're in a full raid party of 12). 

If you want to be highly effective at melee DPS with some buffs, roll a wolf or tempest.  They're better.
  
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Reply #3 - Dec 7th, 2018 at 4:21pm
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Technomage wrote on Dec 7th, 2018 at 12:53pm:
My Swashbuckler is fine. The Epic Defensive Fighting feat really helps!


Just curious..what split do you run?
  
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Re: Bards - Viable?
Reply #4 - Dec 7th, 2018 at 5:23pm
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10 Yard Leap wrote on Dec 7th, 2018 at 4:21pm:
Just curious..what split do you run?

Pure.

Not a big multiclass fan although I do have a few multiclass toons.
  

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Re: Bards - Viable?
Reply #5 - Dec 7th, 2018 at 8:10pm
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Warchanter with vistani is alright, but you're clearly using vistani to prop up an outdated main class tree. On the plus side you give yourself and actual melee DPS an unique +6% damage which is worthwhile.
  
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