Bard - they broke my job

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Originally Posted by Noira

I always kinda thought of WM as a focused bard stance.

Like when you noc an arrow and you pull the string back and the more you pulled "cast" the stronger the force of the arrow.

That's me <.< I kinda thought bard should have started with WM :x

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Probably part of the issue, were WM there 2.0, I probably would have picked another class to level, but it didn't and you shouldn't change an entire class unless it's completely broken, which it wasn't. Instead of giving us fun new abilities they forced a play style change on us.

I'm gonna give it another shot, but my opinion won't change, this shouldn't have happened on an old class, that's what new classes are for, new play styles.

We still have a chance for minuet to be completely changed! Join the chorus! Buffing the stance wont take away my main gripe! I want my mobility back damn it!!!

Sadly, the WM change was pretty much what I was afraid of.
A slap on potency and make it a toggle, nerf the non WM brd a lil more as a bonus to make sure people will use the crappy stance.

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Originally Posted by Snowaeth

Sadly, the WM change was pretty much what I was afraid of.
A slap on potency and make it a toggle, nerf the non WM brd a lil more as a bonus to make sure people will use the crappy stance.

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Um, they've only nerfed EA and Sidewinder, which were only usable under WM anyway. The non-WM Bard is unchanged.

Sidewinder did not require WM

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Originally Posted by Jacost

Um, they've only nerfed EA and Sidewinder, which were only usable under WM anyway. The non-WM Bard is unchanged.

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I thought sidewinder could be used outside of WM? So with sidewinder getting some nerfs, and not using wm to make up for it. Non wm bards did kinda get nerfed. Even though I question it kinda..

Sidewinder had an incorrect tooltip that said it could only be used under WM.

So, currently while it was a nerf to Sidewinder/Emp. Arrow the overall increase was positive in that at average ilvl 171 (180 weapon) I'm seeing parse at 900. Hopefully someone with 190 weapon and 180 otherwise is seeing closer to 1000DPS+

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Originally Posted by Kitkat

So, currently while it was a nerf to Sidewinder/Emp. Arrow the overall increase was positive in that at average ilvl 171 (180 weapon) I'm seeing parse at 900. Hopefully someone with 190 weapon and 180 otherwise is seeing closer to 1000DPS+

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Did a random parse, IL190 weapon @ IL180 total. 3mins exact, no food/pot/party/dragoon, 945DPS

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Originally Posted by Ooshima

Did a random parse, IL190 weapon @ IL180 total. 3mins exact, no food/pot/party/dragoon, 945DPS

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I parsed a few times today as bard (leveled machinist to 60 and wanted to compare dps) and was sustaining 980 dps over 5 minutes with party buff / food / hq x dex pot in opener / no drg / no minuet.