BARD 2.1 change [requesting letter from the producer explanation]

[Houston009]

The "nerf" for Bard will most likely push for Bard becoming more of a support job than a damage dealing job. Perhaps buffing/changing their songs. The ridding of damage buffing skills from either LNC/PUG will be the damage reduction people are crying about, which isn't that much tbh.

1. I foresee BRD gaining addition skills from "PUG/ACN" rather than PUG/CNJ.
With Arcanist skills they'll have access to:
-Virus, to mitigate incoming damage (Reduce target's STR/DEX by 15%)
-Eye for an Eye, for maximum up time of the buff
-Physick, to assist in curing
~They could lower useless stats for BRD such as STR and INT to give a reason to increase their MND, kind of like WAR's low magical attributes.

These skills are more supportive then what they'd get from CNJ.

2. If they were to buff/change songs they could make it so the damage penalty from Ballad/Paeon is slightly less when cast'd and/or increase the regen of them so they dont have to be up as long. SE could make it so songs buffed with Battle Voice effect the caster aswell. <.<
- This is mainly for those QQ'ing about not having invigorate anymore as they'll be able to restore their TP quickly.
~Also, Bards aren't the only DDs that have issues with TP, even with invigorate on my Monk I continue to be TP starved(i.e. why skill speed is useless) so that song would also benefit the other physical damage dealers(especially WAR, considering they don't even have invigorate)

3. Foe's requiem could also get buffed so that the damage increase from it can equal the value of having another high dps in the party.

However, #2 and #3 ,unfortunately, are unlikely to happen. ; ;