Dirge - Thuri's Doleful Thrust

[Shadowmists]

Request x10 overall increase to damage portion of the combat art. Dirge DPS is crippling low, with dirge's counting on accessions and Melody of Affliction to be their only hard hitting abilities. Dirge utility is fine, however soloing, group and raid DPS is significantly below the mage utility classes and the vast majority of healers. Soloing can be slow and painful. Bard participation in groups is often dropped so another T1/T2 is added because they can easily make up the utility/DPS a bard provides. At a minimum, dirge's DPS should average above healers and equal to chanters. Increasing the damage on one primary combat art and (potentially) one primary spell, should help get dirge DPS up to what was once discussed at the T3 level...above healers and with chanters. Getting this CA up to a damage value to about half of Melody of Affliction would not over power bards and provide needed DPS boost.

 

[Bentenn]

Request x10 overall increase to damage portion of the combat art. Dirge DPS is crippling low, with dirge's counting on accessions and Melody of Affliction to be their only hard hitting abilities. Dirge utility is fine, however soloing, group and raid DPS is significantly below the mage utility classes and the vast majority of healers. Soloing can be slow and painful. Bard participation in groups is often dropped so another T1/T2 is added because they can easily make up the utility/DPS a bard provides. At a minimum, dirge's DPS should average above healers and equal to chanters. Increasing the damage on one primary combat art and (potentially) one primary spell, should help get dirge DPS up to what was once discussed at the T3 level...above healers and with chanters. Getting this CA up to a damage value to about half of Melody of Affliction would not over power bards and provide needed DPS boost.

We can use an increase. Should be above healers, sure, we’re both support classes essentially though. We won’t get close to chanters because of mimic alone. Even nerfed it’s still huge.
They could increase effectiveness on all our spells by factors of 10-25 depending and it should boost us.