Ideas for BRD/MCH

Hello all,

Just wanted to post some ideas for the BRD/MCH job. They probably won't go anywhere, but I just thought it may be a way to add some fun or replace the current stand still and cast Meta. I just find bard/mch a lot more fun running around. I understand that it is unlikely these will go anywhere but I wanted to throw some ideas out there. Feel free to add your own.

Long Shot: Must be > 30 yalms... High Potency attack. Either Have a cooldown or buff Power Shot
Power Shot: Must be <15 Yalms... High Potency attack. Either Have a cooldown or buff Long Shot.

If you don't want them running from close to far away there could also be an RNG move:

Steady Shot: Must Normal Range... Normal Potency attack. Buffs either Long Shot or Power Shot, 50/50 chance.

The typical BRD/MCH is already a habitual overmover. This is going to get casters and healers hit with more AoEs.

You don't be needing to run around when fighting.
I hope you lock-on target when you do synched stuff because otherwise your Auto Attacks aren't hitting anything.

With Minuet you dont have auto attacks anyways ? So lock target isnt needed

Oops sorry didnt see the with "synced" stuff

I can't take credit for the idea, but someone suggested manual Wildfire detonation a while back. That would be perfect for moments when you might otherwise lose your burst to a phase change, mechanical invulnerability, or the enemy dying.

Aesthetically, I'd like to see more Ironworks-type designs for MCH-specific gear, especially given that Skysteel tech is a derivative of Magitek anyways. I would say look to Cid, Allagans, and even the Garleans for more ideas. Right now, most of the BRD/MCH caters to the BRD aesthetic more. I feel like a pirate/ranger with fancy gadgets.

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Originally Posted by Vincentv

Long Shot: Must be > 30 yalms... High Potency attack. Either Have a cooldown or buff Power Shot
Power Shot: Must be <15 Yalms... High Potency attack. Either Have a cooldown or buff Long Shot.

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Hmmm heres the rotation then...
Power shot
Repelling shot
Long shot

Could make it a chain... power shot buffs repelling which buffs long.

But no enough of the move around like a mad man things please.

Repelling shot is an archer ability with 30 second cool down, not machinist.

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Originally Posted by WaxaGhonsasa

Repelling shot is an archer ability with 30 second cool down, not machinist.

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The suggestion was for either BRD/MCH.

I can only see this working with mch if they changed the pushback skill to work like repelling shot, since even with repelling shot you aren't getting over 30yalms away from target so you'd have to switch off the caster stance to run yourself back a bit more And then back in. But then you'd either have to know how to jump backwards and face forward to not lose autoattack or backpedle like a scrub but then you might lose time on gausround (was there other skills gated under gausbarrel?)

And even then it'd be clumsy.

So in the end I'd rather not see such skills in the game.

Bard:

-Battle Voice recast reduced to 3 min

-duration of Venomous and Windbite increased to 21 secs

-Wide Volley changed from weaponskill to ability with 1 min recast

-Windbite and Flaming Arrow now properly affected by Foe's Requiem

-River of Blood trait reworked so that a Bard will receive up to 2 potency increases for their next Bloodletter/Rain of Death if reset (by either Venomous and/or Windbite) and wasn't on cooldown at time of reset (potency increase is lost after 10s or upon use)

-Minuet (when active) now further augments certain weaponskills and abilities along with the 30% buff it already provides:
+Heavy Shot and Empyreal Arrow now will have slightly increased potency when executed from the rear
+Battle Voice now allows a Bard to ignore dmg penalty if used along with Mage's Ballad or Army's Paeon
+Sidewinder now affected by Flaming Arrow and can have a possible third potency increase if executed while Venomous and Windbite are already on the target
+Wide Volley will now spread Venomous and Windbite to nearby enemies but won't reset/extend timer of either DoT (potency halved for 4th enemy and beyond---reduced potencies are negated if select target has Venomous and Windbite refreshed by Iron Jaws)