Bard Nerfs Offically Confirmed

[AntonyB]

It's funny, we'll soon see all the whiners crying about not being able to do coil cause BRD is "too weak" if the nerf hits too hard. You need to remember, BRD is a must pretty much for any group. If our DPS is lower, GL on stuff that actually has DPS checks(turn 4 has a huge check).

[Louro999]

BRD is a must pretty much for any group

Precisely why something is wrong.

[AntonyB]

Precisely why something is wrong.

How is there something wrong with that? BRD is used for it's songs as well as it's DPS. The game lacks physical DPS as it is and the only 1 it does have means you need to nerf it? Good luck in coil without songs because in some turns your mages are going to need ballad. They can nerf BRD all they want, but it's not BRDs fault that the content is made this way and other DPS can't keep up with us.

[pandabearcat]

People who think BLM are going to be OP in pvp do not know how painfully easy it is to negate every one of the BLM's casts by jumping through him.

With lag and such I believe it would be even easier to cancel casts.

Melee without mobility will be a problem, so shoulder tackle (aka charge) is going to be pretty useful.

BLM's do not have a usable blink w/o a party member nearby (also not sure if usable while stunned/rooted) and have the lowest hp of any class.

Furthermore: cloth has almost 0 physical reduction.

I can imagine a pali stunbot and monk/dragoon completely blowing up a BLM in the ~6 seconds of stun you get with DR.

DoTs will likely be meaningless, as there is no penalty for removing DoTs. Summoners will be pretty bad unless you can get your miasmas to stick.

VS a no healer burst team they can be pretty good with massive slow maybe.

[EasymodeX]

DRGs and BRDs will rule PvP if the mechanics are similar to current.

DRGs have multiple gap closers and stuns, along with high burst. BRDs have high burst, virtually no LOS, a disengage, a root and a silence. Not to mention they can sprint + TP song and use other tricks.

FF14 PvP balance is not even worth considering IMO unless they do some serious overhaul for PvP mechanics.

[Saisha]

(sic) I care no more, lol.

[RyuDragnier]

Precisely why something is wrong.

So something is wrong if a single class is mandatory for a 8 man? I guess you better tell most of the classes this, because most of them are mandatory, or at least FEEL mandatory.

[Handheldstorm]

Saisha you talk about league of legend i think bard would be a nice support in league it can do damage can give the ADC mana with a song or debuff the other team in fight for caster seem like a support to me all it lacks is a heal. like it or not bard is a support/dps is does the low damage but bring things that help the party more then most classes my monk and bost healer for like 15s every 2 min you can give ppl TP MP and increase mages damage for longer then any cool down any other class can.

[Sterob]

Not to mention they can sprint + TP song and use other tricks.

sprint took all TP and TP song has 3s cast time, drain mana and -20% dps.
i believe this person is trolling

[EasymodeX]

Bards have superior TP regeneration to other TP-constrained classes. Abusing that by having both players hit sprint is a tactical advantage.

A 20% damage debuff doesn't matter when you're pure kiting and negating 100% of the opponent's damage in a 1v1.