Dev Input Requested: Macc/Meva Changes

[Nyarlko]

Yeah, but the difference is, BRD was really nice, but yet it wasn't absolutely required either. Things COULD be done without a bard, just... not as easily.

The cries in this thread, though, make it sound like without GEO you really can't much of anything done.

And that's where the difference is. "Very nice" is one thing... "Absolutely required" is another ballgame.

And again... BRD had zero DD potential and some very weak heals and status cures with /whm.

GEO gets ridiculously awesome buffs, magic DD, and access to decent clubs for solo stuff.

Events with 30+ ppl getting postponed til another day because a bard was missing really did happen, so I'd say we were "required" for most stuff. XD Depending on the group, it could mean a massive difference in time and difficulty depending on whether you had a bard or not. Most of the big stuff were also not really "short" fights like most of what we have now, and not everyone could stick around for the extra time stuff would take without a bard.

I tanked Fafnir (once) as BRD before the enmity nerf to songs, which was a blast to do. XD And back then, I'd help out with SC'ing as BRD sometimes (basically whenever I wasn't pulling or doing alliance+ song duty).. We DO have access to most dagger weapon skills and since most acc came from AllJobs accessories or food at the time, it wasn't that hard to do. We also have access to all REMA daggers and all related WS.

I personally call BS on GEO getting higher club skill (B+, cap@404) than we get dagger (B-, 388), but the diff is not actually that huge overall. If SE had not utterly failed on ROV gearing for BRD, or had at least given us more gearing options for meeting acc reqs, you'd probably have seen more BRDs running around stabbing things in recent years too. XD