Ninja Bard nerf?

[ARR_Token]

I could be wrong but thanks for ninja nerf done to bards.

Blood Letter = 150 potency and now it's 130 potency
Straight shot = 140 potency and now it's 130 potency

I didn't bother to go test on dummys and do the math to see if tool tip is wrong or it's a ninja nerf but yeah...what's up with the ninja nerf?

[ARR_Token]

Oh and I could be wrong...I'm just using google and looking at sites that had the old information pre 2.11 patch. So if I am wrong sorry!

[ReplicaX]

Pre 2.1. Your numbers are correct. I haven't logged in to 2.1 yet myself.

[Volux]

Seriously...WTF SE/Yoshida, why leave that out of patch notes and explanations....lowering the lowest dps even further... the nerf to blood for blood (dmg) internal release (crit procs) and hawk's eye (dex buff) wasn't enough? Especially losing the internal release crit bonus already lowers the number of bloodletters we get but now all of them drop in potency as well?

[RyuDragnier]

Seriously...WTF SE/Yoshida, why leave that out of patch notes and explanations....lowering the lowest dps even further... the nerf to blood for blood (dmg) internal release (crit procs) and hawk's eye (dex buff) wasn't enough? Especially losing the internal release crit bonus already lowers the number of bloodletters we get but now all of them drop in potency as well?

Why does every MMO recently feel the need to nerf the bow-wielding classes hard? Several other MMOs have been doing this in the past few years (including Guild Wars 2 with the Ranger class), and I have yet to understand how the balance guys think when they do this. I really hope these changes aren't real in this patch, otherwise I'm seriously going to consider changing my main class.

[Jyoeru]

Seriously...WTF SE/Yoshida, why leave that out of patch notes and explanations....lowering the lowest dps even further... the nerf to blood for blood (dmg) internal release (crit procs) and hawk's eye (dex buff) wasn't enough? Especially losing the internal release crit bonus already lowers the number of bloodletters we get but now all of them drop in potency as well?

Maybe I will notice this at higher levels, but how exactly are we the lowest DPS? In just about every group I am in, every PVP group I am in, I am top damage by like 50%. I need a meter to see how I look in dungeons on paper, but I can tell by the mobs I am working on that I am the top contributor. For example, numerous times I will work on a mob the tank and other DPS aren't on, and I burn my mob as fast--if not faster--than they do theirs.

If you're using macros, I think it safe to say that Bards are OP. Besides, we're also a utility class.

[OPneedNerfs]

In b4 1 Tank 1 Healer 1 DPS 1 BARD for DF queues.

[Starkbeaumont]

german version doesn't have this changes

[Eriane]

Is this true? I don't remember reading anything about bard potency nerfs. I don't get it. Bards don't compare to other good dps in coil. Whats with the hate?

[Tinks]

Confirmed. The potencies did change. They did, infact, ninja nerf BRD.