New Bard feedback

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Because all jobs should play the same? Is that the goal? Turning Bard into a BLM with arrows takes away the uniqueness of it's playstyle.

You want to talk about the uniqueness of its playstyle, then they should have kept it as a support class instead of a dps.

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You want to talk about the uniqueness of its playstyle, then they should have kept it as a support class instead of a dps.

Except support wouldn't fit in this MMO since it is (thankfully) balanced around the trinity.

Either way, that has nothing to do with the fact that instead of working out alternatives for BRD to grow into, they essentially are turning it into a caster. That's a pretty big problem design-wise.

It's just because they made Bard more so a "DPS" role.
What, first people complain that Bard does low damage, and when they get "buffed", people don't like it?

There's other ways to do it. The next logical step would be abilities reacting off each other in some way. If a stance has to be included, then have it nerf the current BRD songs or alter them in some way.

Granted, I'm of the opinion a DPS like ARR's BRD should be more about steady DPS with minor burst options, and that's what I feel they should have built the job around going into Heavensward.