Bard Nerfs Offically Confirmed

[Powercow]

Good luck, hope you don't get MRD like the poor MNKs did.

Hey, it used to be Gladiator back in beta. At least MRD gets bloodbath, fracture, and mercy stroke. GLD's best thing was Convalescence.

[ChaozK]

Sounds like they'll be switching the subclass out from lancer to something worthless like they did for MNK in beta. MNK had Archer subclass, but they switched it since raging + blood for Blood was too strong I guess. 10 to 1 This happens for BRD. Good luck, hope you don't get MRD like the poor MNKs did.

Same for dragoons. They used to have archer as cross class which was great for raging strikes and straight shot and now they have MRD.
That being said fracture and mercy stroke arent too shabby, considering its coming from a tank.

[Leonas]

Same for dragoons. They used to have archer as cross class which was great for raging strikes and straight shot and now they have MRD.
That being said fracture and mercy stroke arent too shabby, considering its coming from a tank.

Ooooops. I actually meant DRG instead of MNK there. I dunno where my brain went.

Anyhow. BRD is probably the only class with two USEFUL subclasses, well, that I played or my wife has. I kind of think they'll switch out LNC from BRD's subclass set and probably make some of its better attacks a cast time.

Hell, its even possible that they mgiht put a cast time on songs and leave the attacks as they are. Either a mildly long cast time or worse, make songs channeled so you have to stand in place and do nothing else except song. However, they'd need to increase song gain on MP/TP etc from that. /shrug

[Klutz64]

They could always just fold the Bard's DPS role into its Support role by giving them a party-wide damage buff.

[Leonas]

They could always just fold the Bard's DPS role into its Support role by giving them a party-wide damage buff.

They can't exactly do that don't think, or they'll have to give them a unique que slot as support instead dps.

[Leon_Stormrage]

so the dude with only one char to lvl 50 and 0 coild done is harrassing to teh dude with 5 char to lvl 50 and ALL coil done,great come to cry here because u wont can play the bard now with only one macro

I don't use macros and I want to be more involved more in fights, maybe adding a cast time in blood letter or decreasing our damage while moving.
I only say that if any class is having less dps than a bard is not playing kite well.....
And btw having 5 classes 50 and turn 4 of coil doesn't prove anything

[Lecreuset]

You really want that cast timer on bards eh? We're not WoW hunters, Stormrage

[Leon_Stormrage]

You really want that cast timer on bards eh? We're not WoW hunters, Stormrage

Haha I think that is a good idea instead Nerf our damage but we will see what SE do with this =P

[Misaky]

Ooooops. I actually meant DRG instead of MNK there. I dunno where my brain went.
Anyhow. BRD is probably the only class with two USEFUL subclasses, well, that I played or my wife has. I kind of think they'll switch out LNC from BRD's subclass set and probably make some of its better attacks a cast time.
Hell, its even possible that they mgiht put a cast time on songs and leave the attacks as they are. Either a mildly long cast time or worse, make songs channeled so you have to stand in place and do nothing else except song. However, they'd need to increase song gain on MP/TP etc from that. /shrug

I always tout it was weird for monk and lancer not have the archer skills... anyway, i think it would be much more fair if they just made monk/lancer get the skills from archer instead of marauder.

Btw.. the songs already got a cast time, and is a big one.

edit: scholar and whm also got the 2 best sub-classes they could ever had!
scholar goes grab swift-cast from blm and the wall from whm.
whm goes grab swift-cast from blm and virus from arcanist.

[Supersun]

I always tout it was weird for monk and lancer not have the archer skills... anyway, i think it would be much more fair if they just made monk/lancer get the skills from archer instead of marauder.

Btw.. the songs already got a cast time, and is a big one.

edit: scholar and whm also got 2 good sub-classes!
scholar goes grab swift-cast from blm and the wall from whm.
whm goes grab swift-cast from blm and virus from arcanist.

And Smn gets Swiftcast from Blm and Raging Strikes from Arc.