BARD 2.1 change [requesting letter from the producer explanation]

[meJojo]

Bard DPS is already on par with Monks and Dragoons on single target, with their 10% damage buff the only DPS class that will be behind Bard is the Summoner, and that's not even taking their pet DPS into account.

There shouldn't be a nerf to Bard damage at all. They need to make stuns and silences on the melee classes more reliable, maybe give Black Mage a silence. But don't touch the damn Bard.

[Onyxys]

Bard DPS is already on par with Monks and Dragoons on single target, with their 10% damage buff the only DPS class that will be behind Bard is the Summoner, and that's not even taking their pet DPS into account.

There shouldn't be a nerf to Bard damage at all. They need to make stuns and silences on the melee classes more reliable, maybe give Black Mage a silence. But don't touch the damn Bard.

Run_n_shoot is already a great advantage, so nice, if this advantage will be balanced

[meJojo]

Run_n_shoot is already a great advantage, so nice, if this advantage will be balanced

This game doesn't resolve around hard mode Titan.

[ReplicaX]

Run_n_shoot is already a great advantage, so nice, if this advantage will be balanced

SE balanced it out at launch regarding Weapons between our Utility and Increased Action Dmg Trait. Bard's have the lowest base damage of all jobs in the Main Weapon slot to their equivalent counterparts.

Which is why I am not worried in regards to Yoshi's comment of: "BRDs will get a very minor change" in the Live Letter. Unhappy players will always exaggerate numbers and/or leave out the details that matter. In the end, Brds will always be needed regardless in certain situations, like any role.

[glen7187]

Wouldnt that give the TP regen songs some use?

The TP song doesn't seem to be all that great honestly. And even if I use Battle Voice, everyone ELSE benefits from the increase but my regen stays the same... I find myself still needing to stop for a while to let the TP regen with the TP song up (and when I say awhile I mean like 3 or more GCDs) before I start my rotation again. And then if I keep to my rotation while the TP song is up and I run out of MP, I still have little to no TP left...

[Maxthunder]

Bard DPS is already on par with Monks and Dragoons on single target, with their 10% damage buff the only DPS class that will be behind Bard is the Summoner, and that's not even taking their pet DPS into account.

There shouldn't be a nerf to Bard damage at all. They need to make stuns and silences on the melee classes more reliable, maybe give Black Mage a silence. But don't touch the damn Bard.

Yes there should be a nerf brd is suppose to be a support job not a dps job. Im sorry you brd's are losing the flavor of the month but it has to be done like it or no. Might as well deal with it now, let it be the support job it is suppose to be.

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

i stop playing BRD when they turn it into DPS. BRD supporting 1.0 was extreamly fun, i would run around and buff everyone, do some support healing here, some dmg there, raise the fallen while main healer heals tank and 2nd heal heals the pt. even the BRD in the intro is support! .. but nooo ppl only care for big numbers.

[ReplicaX]

Yes there should be a nerf brd is suppose to be a support job not a dps job. Im sorry you brd's are losing the flavor of the month but it has to be done like it or no. Might as well deal with it now, let it be the support job it is suppose to be.

No where in any ARR documentation does it state Bard is a support role. All documentation regarding Bard in ARR assigns it as a DPS Role.

This isn't 1.0 and it is different from other games in the FF series. Until SE announces and changes Bard's Role, it is a DPS Job. The Dev Team refers to it as a DPS Role and have always discussed its Utility and not support.

[Phai]

Yes there should be a nerf brd is suppose to be a support job not a dps job. Im sorry you brd's are losing the flavor of the month but it has to be done like it or no. Might as well deal with it now, let it be the support job it is suppose to be.

Brd is FotM due to casual players that just copy a gimped setup for coil.
But please explain ur statment, since Yoshi said, and made a game that has no room for support role.

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

if BRD is so DPS role.. why is its LB a support LB?..

brd in 2.0 is wack