Bards, Checking In!

[Isten]

Initially, I was with the changes from CNJ to PUG as the sub but as I was thinking about it, there are a lot of bonuses. PUG got huge boosts to healing abilities and mantra is essentially an instant song that gives the entire party a 10% healing buff. With WHM now able to do 1k heals, that's an extra 100hp PER PERSON that our buff is adding = pretty sexy.

With sch and whm they wanted to give brd a different flavor and I think I'm going to be ok with having less strain on my MP. Yes, mana for songs, but I won't be burning it to use with other skills now. That's nice.

A guy in the 1.0 forums did a lot of tests for bard in bphase 3 and the stats were PIE as the biggest mod up to 250 and then dex while attk power always seemed to trump dex. With the changes to PUG I still foresee PIE being #1 and then dex.

Question for those who've played brd. Sleep is affected by magic accuracy = mind. Does bind use MA for success rate as well or does it use PIE for the enfeebling score?

[Yuichi]

A guy in the 1.0 forums did a lot of tests for bard in bphase 3 and the stats were PIE as the biggest mod up to 250 and then dex while attk power always seemed to trump dex. With the changes to PUG I still foresee PIE being #1 and then dex.

Interesting I was still thinking Dex for 1 then PIE.

[Kyree]

A guy in the 1.0 forums did a lot of tests for bard in bphase 3 and the stats were PIE as the biggest mod up to 250 and then dex while attk power always seemed to trump dex. With the changes to PUG I still foresee PIE being #1 and then dex.

Care to link to this? All attribute points were re-worked for 2.0 and I find it hard to believe PIE is still present as damage modifier on BRD, especially since it's a stat that's not present on any DD gear, let alone BRDs.

[Isten]

Care to link to this? All attribute points were re-worked for 2.0 and I find it hard to believe PIE is still present as damage modifier on BRD, especially since it's a stat that's not present on any DD gear, let alone BRDs.

Here's the link. I honestly don't know when 2.0 kicked in - whether it was after or before this guys testing.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/35795-STR-DEX-PIE-ATK-Testing

I noticed you've gotten to 50 with Brd. Kyree. What's your experience with the stat modifiers.

[buccfan001]

DEX increases ranged damage and PIE increases MP. Both are valuable for Bard depending on if you are focusing on DPS or Support.