1. The Job is not that simple its simple in how it works sure But all the procs are RNG when you actually play Bard you discover where to put certain abilities for the most effect throughout the rotation. You discover when things dont proc how to deal with it. You also discover when to use parts of the kit other Bad Bards and trust me you can notice them do not do. Many of the changes coming to Endwalker are both QOL and the new Buffing with the Coda's just added to the kit that Bard already has that many like and appreciate and others will continue to meme on when in reality its an Enjoyable Job to play.
2. "understand that they took away the crit chance procs, thus dumbing down IJ to just a dot refresher"
This didnt dumb down anything just changed how the procs worked.
3. "removed Foe Requiem which was an iconic part of Bard's kit, which stripped it of its identity. I know they removed Refresh, which added oodles of depth to Foe Requiem. I know they removed Bard's ways of providing utility beyond "boost team damage by X and reduce damage taken by Y"[/QUOTE]
Many classes lost things with those changes not just Bard they just didnt give Bard back anything really but with Endwalker they are giving the job another buffing skill which is what we were asking for.
"boost team damage by X and reduce damage taken by Y"
This is every Job its how they wanted to balance it deal with it.....
