>One way we have been nerf'ed is with the DoT changes in the last patch.

For

>all other DoT users the change was only bad if you kited, if you used DoT's
>in a normal group situation they were upgraded slightly due to the extra
>tick of damage. Our DoT songs did not get the extra tick of damage, but are
>subject to the damage decrease if the mob runs toward the bard when damage
>is applied.

Is this documented somewhere? I have heard no reports of actual damage
after the patch, then again it is going to be hard to get exact numbers with
the PvP damage changes.

However to that other point. Since our DoTs are also area effect,I cannot
see this mattering much in any situation except kiting. One way in which we
gained reletive to other classes is that DoTs are not nerfed if the monster
is feared and running away, which is our prime "kiting" method. If anything
they took pains to leave our "kiting" alone, I mean, why else would you
exempt fear? For all those Enchanter kiters?

As I said, I think it is a game tweak, yes, but we actually wound up on the
winning side of the equasion. All these cries of nerfing, I am not seeing
it. Yeah hide and sneak are worthless, yes I could see a tweak in defensive
skills. But I am a valued and useful member of my group, I drop some serious
damage on Fire Goblins in SolA and give everyone a chance to zone (if the
pull was too big) without getting backstabbed all the way. I have had Druids
express jelousy at all the coool things we get to do that they don't. All
without mana. What is so freakin bad? I don't feel nerfed or underpowered at
all, sorry, but in a group with a warrior, a cleric and a wizard, I kick
serious butt across a lot of situations. Why do I think I am not alone in
this?

Tszaaz E'Taurguin