Why is apex arrow a gcd??

[Phileas]

Thanks for the responses. I think for a gcd button that apex is too weak on top of the long time it takes to charge the soul gauge to 100....

It is probably the reason why i cant play bard right now since its underwhelming in damage and janky in terms of trying to fit it in. I think its potency should be increased if it remains a gcd...i mean even afflatus misery is more satisfying and consistent to use than apex arrow

[Grimoire-M]

-snips-

ARR Bard had no other options but was actually overtuned during the launch patch leading to an immediate hot fix nerf.

HW Bard scaled far better than MCH and remained the stronger of the two, just clunky as hell to play and nigh impossible to keep up with how busy it got.

SB Bard kept the broken crit scaling of HW Bard but gained from every utility and mechanical change made to it.

ShB Bard has numbers issues and just needs its songs pushed a bit further or the DoT potency reverted.

[Shurrikhan]

ARR Bard had no other options but was actually overtuned during the launch patch leading to an immediate hot fix nerf.

HW Bard scaled fat better than MCH and remained the stronger of the two, just clunky as hell to play and nigh impossible to keep up with how busy it got.

SB Bard kept the broken crit scaling of HW Bard but gained from every utility and mechanical change made to it.

To be fair, splitting the crit stat into both chance and damage actually significantly reduced the damage floor of River of Blood (now Repertoire).

Bow mage was also scarcely any clunkier than HW MCH. Though procced shots offered MCH more mobility and weave opportunities over time, Feint was a smaller damage loss for Bard, seeing as it has less filler damage in the first place.