Bard Nerfs Offically Confirmed

[ZaelC]

Don't really see how that relates to nerfing bard... when there's 3 ranged dps and 2 melee. Or is the plan to get blm and smn nerfed next.

The issue should be with content .. though to me it favors having a variety of roles, which I believe is intended. I'm sure most of the issues would settle with 24mans, as having only 4dps doesn't leave a whole lot to play with.

Of course the content is the problem, and BRD is part of that content, Devs made it incredible easy for BRD and what is why they are changing it now. How does it favors a variety of roles when usually in those 4 ranged groups there are at least 2 BRD (I even saw 3 and they beat coil in a breeze), and not because they are better than BLM or SMN in damage, but because the reward in efficiency is higher, big DPS, support buffs, silence, mobility. Its simple and the proofs are in-game, shouts everyday saying "LF Bards for Coil" "LF Bard for AK/WP SR" etc...

Still, I don't really care about what they do or don't do with BRDs, for me its better in that case to buff other DPS classes, but if their choice is to do both nerf and buff its because they actually saw that BRD is superior, and maybe because buffing everyone to the same level where BRD is would make content as easy as it is with a party of 2 - 3 BRDs.

Show me a video with 4 black mages.

Dude, 4 BLM would beat coil easier than any 4 melee group (and I am saying melee group, I'm not even saying "4 DRG group" or "4 MNK group"). Why do you think melees are getting a buff in 2.1?