Please don't remove Invigorate from BRD ><

[Kat_Manx]

My comment was more aimed at people who really don't even seem to grasp how Bards work. They think they can constantly keep Ballad and Paeon on without drawbacks and most tanks pulling a pack of 25+ mobs keep yelling "more aoe deeps" not realizing even if the all songs on me at once scenario was possible, AoE's drain my damn TP, not to mention reduces my damage.

I mean I'm okay with them making Bard supporty, if it's actually useful, since I actually thought I was picking a support class when I started.. IDK what the heck to do if we get like, Cure. But people will become whiny to the other end of the spectrum then.. "Why don't you do more damage?!"

You're damned if you sing, you're damned if you don't.
You're damned if you AoE, you're damned if you don't.
You're damned if you support, you're damned if you don't.
You're damned if you DPS, you're damned if you don't.

Bard. Serious business. But at least we can move while shooting arrows.

[YarozeX]

Bard. Serious business. But at least we can move while shooting arrows.

At least for now lol. I thought this is what they were going to change.... I might be wrong.

[Yoruichi4478]

At least for now lol. I thought this is what they were going to change.... I might be wrong.

Where did you hear that? Can you provide a link to this info?

[Shinebox]

Doesn't mater as long as you have Foe Requiem or ballad. I'll invite a BRD over a MNK or DRG for Speed Runs

[EinSoFZ]

As someone who has mained BRD since 1.0, I don't think there's any particular single nerf that could ruin the job like so many people in this thread seem to think. Even if Blood for Blood is lost, you'd still have all of the other abilities you have to boost damage. If Invigorate is lost that just means better TP management and honestly there aren't too many cases where TP is a massive problem such that the loss of 300TP every 2mins will make or break it.

It's my gut feeling, which of course has the chance to be wrong, that BRD won't really suffer or be utilized any differently because of this "nerf".

[coffeeking]

if it's required to balance things out, so be it.

[Ensign]

Why are people complaining about the nerf when Bard was never meant to be a full on offensive class from the get go.
From what I hear from my friends who main Bard they are happy, seeing how Bards will be forced to do their actual role. Support while maintaining a subtle DPS flow.

[Espi]

Why are people complaining about the nerf when Bard was never meant to be a full on offensive class from the get go.

Proof please.

[knite23]

im 100% positive it will be blood for blood and its going to be taken off our list. anyones whos plays bard knows bards burst comes from stacking HE (increase dex by 15%) RS (increase damage dealt by 20%) BfB (increases damage dealt by 20% thats 40% increase damage dealt after the 15% dex is applied) and internal release (increase crit rate by 20%) then poping barrage which is 20 secs of (with a decent geared brd) crits for 400-500+ and thats just a heavy shot but lets throw in barrage (increases the number of strikes per auto attack to 3 and u will get 3 auto attacks off with the triple buff up) this means along with your abilities hitting for stupid damage your auto attacks are criting like this 300 300 300 so with just auto attacking and using 1 ability u just did 1400 damage and im low balling the numbers on that cause blood letter is off the gcs so that will hit when your doing a heavy shot and can crit also so im sure we are goin to lose 20% damage off our burst which is a small nerf but needed

[knite23]

what yoshi didnt realize is that they wouldnt of even had to nerf bard if they wouldve gave bard conj and pug like they shouldve and let them support like the job was originally created for cause buffing and healing in sticky situation is a dps drop for bards but there dd role is consistent damage and small burst when needed not big burst like Black Mage and this wouldve also let them fill that support role cause brds dont support shit now wait i think i got asked to u ballad once in coil turn 4 my bad but besides ballad and foe to make blm op as hell we dont support shit..... if se wouldnt of listen to all the i want a rng dd rite now QQ groupies..... this nerf wouldnt even been needed