So the "no BRD" shouts have begun, thanks Yoshi P

[Alhanelem]

3. RoD now evasion down......

Still useful, you can use less accuracy gear with a brd in the party.

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This, i've observed no difference in damage

Brds seem continue to think that DPS is what they're there for.

They queue as a DPS and are supposed to be competent at it. They simply have abilities that are centered around helping their party members. The problem was they did too much damage. They really were among the best DPS in the game so even trading 20% damage for a buff they were still pretty strong. That's why they got nerfed.

I have yet to see a "no brd" shout. most people are smart enough to know that they are still an amazing utility class and they are vital in many things, especially coil 2 and 4.

[IveraIvalice]

They queue as a DPS and are supposed to be competent at it. They simply have abilities that are centered around helping their party members. The problem was they did too much damage. They really were among the best DPS in the game so even trading 20% damage for a buff they were still pretty strong. That's why they got nerfed.

That's true but even thought hey queued up as dps they had a healer LB. it seemed pretty clear they didn't have a clear picture what brds were supposed to be. But at its design it's supposed to be a support class before a DD. Now that they balanced that to make it more like what it should be, there are still a lot of brds thinking they should be doing as much damage as a blm. I heard a lot of people complaining about RoD nerd, saying that it's completely useless now because brds have near 100% accuracy anyway. And that the sign that that person is not playing brd the way it should be because they're overlooking the fact that the evasion down benefits the whole party not just the brd.

[Millimidget]

That's true but even thought hey queued up as dps they had a healer LB. it seemed pretty clear they didn't have a clear picture what brds were supposed to be. But at its design it's supposed to be a support class before a DD.

Looks to me like a DD with support, not a support with some DD (ie cleric stance whm or sch).

[Reiterpallasch]

BRD was never OP. A good <any other class> could always beat a good BRD. BRD however is very easy to play, so a bad player would play BRD decently, and jobs like DRG or MNK poorly. Which of course, made the BRD seem OP when they really weren't.

Still useful, you can use less accuracy gear with a brd in the party.

The main issue with this is that in order for it to be used effectively, you would need 100% uptime on it. The duration needs to either be extended, the TP requirement lowered, or both. The other issue being that groups would need to gear in a way that allows them to actually utilize it to begin with, which means you're now reliant on a BRD which you may or may not always have.