Are you serious? Just actually think about this sentence for a second. Every little bit helps but that's not the point. Bards have not gotten better at kiting since tier 3 It is
<<<NOT>>> much to ask when I say "Hey maybe I'd like a drum that's a bit better than the one I've been using since tier 3" (which by the way has been like 1.5 to 2 years since i got it)
This a false statement and obviously backed with no factual evidence. You better be able to back something like this up with parses. A Ranger can kill single mobs much faster than a bard while kiting and over the course of 3 mobs I'd say they are on par or the ranger comes out ahead. The same can be said about a wizard. They can kill mobs using pbaoe's or single nukes and kill faster than a bard but they have to have med breaks so it evens out. There are many ways for each class to solo outdoors short of pure melee having limited options. The difference lies in the fact that while other kiting classes have gotten better at kiting since tier 3 bards have not. Like Syalara said I have done all but MAYBE 12 encounters that exist and all but like 2 are in sanctum.
You obviously have no idea how Felyn got his exp and please quit comparing how fast felyn exp's compared to the entire population. I think maybe 1 or 2 other bards even have a completed tome. The only gap that exists is leaving bards behind. Rangers get better bows and more crit strike making them do insane dps to trash they kite. Wizards get better focuses and much more mana making them able to kite faster and for much longer periods of time. I could make the same examples with other classes that can kite. Bards have one method of increasing DoT dps and that is with a drum. and the plain fact is that we have not gotten a new drum since tier 3. We are now on something like tier 10. I finally get this new drum but it is useless.
This means your point is totally false and moot because after 7 tiers you think bards have this amazing edge over wizards and rangers and druids and necros, etc, they must've had one hell of a huge lead at tier 3. Find out facts and quit going on hearsay that bards are so uber amazing because they dont have to use mana to kite. Give me a break.
Just as a response to your last sentence. If that's your logic then Focuses should only work while in an 18 man raid because obviously using an item you earned in a raid, outside of a raid, shouldn't be allowed. The same goes for rangers. No Drop raid bows should have all their damage switched to some sort of bane that only effects raid mobs.
syduck:
Bards have to keep a dot on 3 separate mobs to maximize their dps while kiting. Even using 3 Relics on 3 separate mobs i would gain a grand total of 58 more dps by using the War drum over the Conc Drum. If you think that's overpowering then man you must want a huge nerf to ToT level necros cause they do a hell of a lot more dps in DoTs than a PoA level necro.