Who else likes Wanderer's Minuet?

Barrage does not proc if you get a crit so the sad face was intentional. However - with buffs and Barrage+Empyreal Arrow I am getting around 3-3.5k damage burst which is insane. I am spending a lot more time in Wanderer's than I thought I would, it is quite a sizeable dps increase if you can sit in it for 20 secs or more and with the changes to Barrage and Det not affecting auto attacks so strongly then there is no point even considering the loss of auto attack damage as it's no where near as strong as it was pre-3.0.
Wanderer's is a dps increase but in terms of what the optimal opener is, I'm not sure yet.

Also. There is gap between when your attack cast ends and when the GCD is off cooldown- which in my case is enough to get one or two abilities off- including Bloodletter. So weaving the skills between the casts is a thing you can do, and not interrupt the GCD at all.

I rather like it as well, as long as they keep Bloodletter and Misery's End the way they are now, so I can keep using macro's.

Upon hearing about the Minuet change, i immediately decided that i would drop BLM and go back with Bard, my first class when i joined.

I love running around and pressing buttons, but WM is a pretty significant playstyle change that makes the class feel alot more fleshed out.

I'm a fan. Bards have a HUGE amount of burst.

Pro tip: Using a straight shot proc while under WM, your straight shot proc doesn't get a cast time.

so far so good ^^

the real fun begins when you get the new skills it seems. there is so much going on.

the cast time isnt so bad. and there is a gap before GCD comes up after casting a skill you can squeeze 1 offgcd skill/buff in between.

Emprial Arrow + Barrage = 3k dmg! at level 54. you better quelling strikes before it >< (instant agro pull)

and man oh man dont get me started on Rain of Death changes.

have 3 mobs in dungeon. dot them. and watch it RAAAAAAAAAAIN ARROWS! proc after proc. (my build is so high on crit i get rain of death every other shot lol).

our AOE dmg has improved with this change alot. without the penalty of tp loss.

Minuet is really bad for single target but good for aoe. I'm sure the buff alone is not even worth using outside of aoe situations. That's why they force you to be in minuet to be able to use the new skills. I wish we had the new skills and no minuet at all. Obviusly with the new skills it makes it worth using it but that's not thanks to minuet.

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Originally Posted by Rose-Wild

Minuet is really bad for single target but good for aoe. I'm sure the buff alone is not even worth using outside of aoe situations. That's why they force you to be in minuet to be able to use the new skills. I wish we had the new skills and no minuet at all. Obviusly with the new skills it makes it worth using it but that's not thanks to minuet.

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Bad single target ughh no

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Originally Posted by Viar

Activate Barrage. Have three crits in a row. :(

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Barrage won't crit - it will do three normal potency attacks only - best used on Empyreal Arrow (Sidewinder once you hit 60 if you have both DoTs up)