RIP Bard

[Gilraen]

I doubt any BRD picked up the class to stand around and deal with cast bars - that's what BLM is there for.

Well, you're right, I didn't pick Bard to be a Black Mage, I picked it to be a Bard. To support the party through song. The fact that XIV's Bard can also deal damage while singing is a bonus in my book. Being able to switch from support to DD with a song is an even bigger bonus given how much people seem to want me to do just that. But as the saying goes, "Can't have your cake and eat it, too." There's got to be some kind of drawback for going full DD, and this seems a good compromise to me. I mean, it's either this or the alternative of cutting our range in half (or more) while keeping mobility and GCD.

[The_Last_Dragoon]

Well, you're right, I didn't pick Bard to be a Black Mage, I picked it to be a Bard. To support the party through song. The fact that XIV's Bard can also deal damage while singing is a bonus in my book. Being able to switch from support to DD with a song is an even bigger bonus given how much people seem to want me to do just that. But as the saying goes, "Can't have your cake and eat it, too." There's got to be some kind of drawback for going full DD, and this seems a good compromise to me. I mean, it's either this or the alternative of cutting our range in half (or more) while keeping mobility and GCD.

I would be perfectly fine if the song song required me to be at melee range if it meant that I kept my mobility. They could sell it as "point-blank" shots, or a song of bravado where Bards would get in close to make enemies feel the full weight of their shots.