Minstrels can do dps too.

One thing that I have been seeing in the game is when you et in a group, with your Minstrel, people automatically thinks and asume that you are the healer. Why dont ask? Maybe the Minstrel is not specc as Healer, but Dps. It is normal to rely the dps on those who can shoot arrows and swings big axes and dual swords while the innocent dude with the lute or harp or drum or cowbell takes control over the healing duties, but just to inform: Minstrels can DO dps.

Dps is one of the three parts of the group (Along with heals and Tanking duties) and have the same meaning than the other two, it's kinda  circle, a evil circle that we all have to work in. Most of the classes do dps, in fact, almsot all the clase do dps in the game. Not so sure about the guardian doing dps or if he can, how good it is, but everyne can do dps, while not everyone can tank or heal.

Minstrels for example, can go melee, or Tanking mode... but they can do heals (Of course) and Dps, a good, really good dps to be honest. Look at the people who have misntrels and are lvling alone: They have to go in dps mode all the time and whe the fight starts it gets ugly for the enemy. At least when they reach us, a good part of their morale bar is low, a GOOD part sometimes.

I was thinking in doing Healing duties for a change, I'm always Dps in all the game, and sometimes a Tank... even if I fight against the system and I hate it, but I do Tank duties sometimes. I guess that I can do Healing for a moment... But I will love to do a deadly dps with Varsalla, to be honest. I feel that she have the potencial of being a slaughtering machine. My only trouble is that ppl can't see the minstrel as a Dps class. Well, not everyone, but a good part of it. It could be because of the Traits, maybe the spell power, or maybe because they dont want to hear the Minstrel yelling all the time, but from time to time you have to give them a chance and dont wait until another Minstrel get into the party for that.

Run-keepers are healers too, good healers to be honest, with easy healing spells that gets better with the time and the Rune system that they have, they also have healing per second, thing that We, Minstrel, dont have (At least at my lvl).. well, we have a Morale reg but requires us to attack and it has a nasty Cooldown too.

Minstrel can do DPS, a good Dps, and AoE dps as well, DoT too, and we can still toss our HoT from time to time, with a Buff for melee damage and many others things for the entire fellowship. Just let us try a bit.

Of course, as I said before, not everyone thinks like this... And I mean as "Everyone" also other classes that are not minstrels,  woudl love to thank those players for their understanding in this matter. I spoke in the name of all the misntrels that want to be dps sometime: We can yell a little less loud than usual, if that is what it bothers you all. But allows us to feel the battle! specially with our glowing hands from Warspeech! Wohooo!

Oh.. by the way, I got a new and nice AoE attack, Gonna talk about that later, with screens and stuff. For the moments, good luck! seeyou later too!