RIP Bard

[Duelle]

Still not exactly something that would be easy to do, and thats BEFORE we start talking about doing so in battle. That said it makes sense, more so if one song is considered voice and the other instrumental I guess.

Though now I wonder where I got the "one person could do 4 songs at once" thing from...

If I'm not remembering wrong, the maximum number of songs that could be affecting you was 4, but that would require two bards in the party.

So according Zhexos' update, the buff doesn't prevent movement like I originally though. It basically turns BRD into a caster. I'm still not happy to hear that and question why that wasn't reserved for a future ranged DPS class.

[Miah_Dakwhil]

So.. with this new found information I guess we can say that Bard is now MOSTLY dead. As you all know, there's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.

What's that you ask?

Why, Go through their pockets and look for unused minions of course!

[Dualblade]

If I'm not remembering wrong, the maximum number of songs that could be affecting you was 4, but that would require two bards in the party.

So according Zhexos' update, the buff doesn't prevent movement like I originally though. It basically turns BRD into a caster. I'm still not happy to hear that and question why that wasn't reserved for a future ranged DPS class.

And thus I have learned new things, thank you.

As for the buff: Alot of people did say they were willing to trade mobility for dps, and they got it. You can still turn it off and go to normal dps as it currently is, and there probably will be times when not having it on will be for the better.

[Ultimatecalibur]

So according Zhexos' update, the buff doesn't prevent movement like I originally though. It basically turns BRD into a caster. I'm still not happy to hear that and question why that wasn't reserved for a future ranged DPS class.

From what I can figure it is to allow Bard stationary target DpS to reach similar levels as the other DpS classes. The three new classes and the new skills for existing classes seem to be designed so that no class will have an overwhelming advantage or disadvantage when doing content.

Consider a new T8 like fight, if the Machinist fill a similar support DpS role to the Bard but has superior stationary DpS then groups would want Machinists over Bards.