Bard role changed from Support to Caster Pet

[newbie]

Thank you SE for the clarification! May you have a Merry Xmas.

On a serious note, should I respec from DEX to PIE? More mana will allow us to keep Mage's Ballad or Foe's Requiem up longer. Thoughts?

[pandabearcat]

So, nothing has really changed for Bards.

The only loss was 20% from a 25% uptime buff, and 10% crit from a 25% uptime buff.

Giving you rough numbers, this is a roughly a 5% dps loss and a 1.25% dps loss.

6.25% dps?

Though thanks for putting in perspective summoner's woes though.

[OptimalZedd]

honestly, brd should stop crying...

people were always looking for BRD for coil.... almost every party had 2 brd

its just a balance, you will always been wanted for your special role

[OPneedNerfs]

Rain of death now reduces evasion of target instead of 10% dmg. Byebye need for bards.

[Norbi]

Rain of death now reduces evasion of target instead of 10% dmg.

Kinda surprised more people don't mention this. 10% damage reduction is no joke, and losing it makes things harder for everyone, not just Bards.
Add in the fact that you can no longer chain Viruses any more often than once every minute, and I don't envy the sudden ramp-up of mitigation-less damage that healers are going to have to deal with.

[Leiron]

They gave RoD's effect to Warrior.

[ziddyt]

Kinda surprised more people don't mention this. 10% damage reduction is no joke, and losing it makes things harder for everyone, not just Bards.
Add in the fact that you can no longer chain Viruses any more often than once every minute, and I don't envy the sudden ramp-up of mitigation-less damage that healers are going to have to deal with.

You're pretty much meant to take a PLD and WAR now for the extra damage debuff

[TheHomieData]

Rain of death now reduces evasion of target instead of 10% dmg. Byebye need for bards.

doesnt a 10% evasion debuff mean that everyone's required accuracy cap just got lowered? i could see a pretty good utility in that

[ziddyt]

doesnt a 10% evasion debuff mean that everyone's required accuracy cap just got lowered? i could see a pretty good utility in that

Good luck keeping it up permanently at that 200 tp cost

[DBR]

doesnt a 10% evasion debuff mean that everyone's required accuracy cap just got lowered? i could see a pretty good utility in that

I don't imagine many bards would be happy to hold back an entire dungeon just so their party can wear slightly different equipment.