I really enjoy my dirge but it is starting to get frustrating that SOE doesn't even seem to have a Dev working on bards at all. They reward our skills to everybody with each expansion and we just keep getting ninja nerfed as they balance the other classes that share our abilities. We still own melee classes in solo pvp but its a rough time against skilled players from all other classes pretty much. Luckily there aren't a whole lot of skilled players.