Bard Nerfs Offically Confirmed

[Leiron]

yup bard nerfs only make the game harder.

They'll never nerf mages no matter how much stronger they get from everyone else. It's not like right now end game parties are all bards. You wouldn't have a damage dealing limit break. You still need blm and summoners for their strengths. And you need a lancer or two. The only problem with the dps roles is how weak monk is.

So now you still need to have a bard in your party, but it will do less. great? it won't help you beat titan.

If you bring a BRD with a SMN and a BLM, your Foe's Requiem will boost their damage enough to make up for the loss of your own.
Or should, correct me if I err on how much it improves DPS.

The nerfs to bard aren't making the game harder.
RoD being changed was shifted to WAR.
The DPS nerfs are not going to kill BRD DPS, though BRD DPS, ifI remember right is at the bottom compared to everyone.

BLM did get a nerf actually. They fixed the double dip bug which is somewhat significant, and lowered the AOE burst potential as well.
They also removed thunder from SMN repetoire dropping their DPS by 7.5%.

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If you bring a BRD with a SMN and a BLM, your Foe's Requiem will boost their damage enough to make up for the loss of your own.
Or should, correct me if I err on how much it improves DPS.

Foe Requiem is not worth it. My group doesn't require ballad on anything even Twintania which is one of the longest encounters in the game. I was the only bard in my team and not to brag but one of the best bards on the 2 servers that I've raided with, both being part of the server first teams. That being said I can safely say that not only was my role barring on the edge of a wasted slot because we were parsing far below what is capable from skilled players of other roles, but now after these huge nerfs and no utility to back it up (in fact a nerf to our utility) the class is detrimental to a skilled group that doesn't need ballad unless something goes wrong and a healer dies. Having your bard go monk or replacing them for a monk will net your group a 20% DPS gain as that slot will be pulling twice the DPS.


GG SE