Buff Bard - The Invisible Nerf

[ForteXX]

they never said they are nerfing Bard. They said there is no need to add anything to Bard because its powerful right now.

■Job Balancing

• Bards
  We currently feel that the bards are a little too strong due to the amount of damage they can do without being impacted that much from the fight.

Balancing, and too strong. So yes, they are likely getting a nerf of some kind.

[LoLo]

Balancing, and too strong. So yes, they are likely getting a nerf of some kind.

no where in that quote does it say that it will be nerfed.

[Lux_Rayna]

no where in that quote does it say that it will be nerfed.

He said specifically that bards were a little too strong, so there will be adjustments. There will clearly be a nerf of some sort to bring bards down a peg. On highly mobile fights the dmg diff is a bit too wide for all that bard brings to the table, so its only natural they will be toned down.

[LoLo]

He said specifically that bards were a little too strong, so there will be adjustments. There will clearly be a nerf of some sort to bring bards down a peg. On highly mobile fights the dmg diff is a bit too wide for all that bard brings to the table, so its only natural they will be toned down.

I saw that he said bard was strong, but no where did he say he would nerf damage. Right now everyone is guessing what balance will be. Maybe they will buff the other jobs and not add anything to bard. Who knows.

[AccountBanned]

I just don't get all of the people who attempt to defend bards as if they don't do nice damage. As a Monk, it doesn't matter to me what kind of damage someone else does...I just want the love...i.e. I want people to say "Looking for a monK for party" and I've yet to see people really caring that much about us melee classes. People say "too much melee in this group" but I've never seen "too much ranged in this group"

I constantly get grouped with a bard and finish dungeons faster if one or more are in with me than other DPS jobs.

I was in with a relic bard in a titan hm group yesterday and we killed the heart with a lot of time to spare. The bard dropped and we got a +1 dragoon and we had to LB2 in order to kill the heart and even failed twice.

Everywhere you go people are shouting that all they're looking for is a bard for the party and then they're good to go. I was in a couple groups yesterday where the DPS was me and 3 bards. Everyone's trying to level one up because they're wanted and useful...they just need to change melee a bit so they're as wanted and useful.

[Tiraelina]

I saw that he said bard was strong, but no where did he say he would nerf damage. Right now everyone is guessing what balance will be. Maybe they will buff the other jobs and not add anything to bard. Who knows.

It's pretty damn obvious because they aren't going to rebalance the rest of the game to stop bards from getting slapped with the nerf bat.

[Llan]

He said specifically that bards were a little too strong, so there will be adjustments. There will clearly be a nerf of some sort to bring bards down a peg. On highly mobile fights the dmg diff is a bit too wide for all that bard brings to the table, so its only natural they will be toned down.

People must remember that, while other DPSs are able to use a Damage LB, Bards are stuck with a Healer LB, so If you have a party with 2 BRDs in a group of 4, you wont have that massive final Hit if you need it, It's only natural that BRDs do more damage.

Llan Hana.