Bard - they broke my job

[Panasync]

The instant I found out about what abilities/songs they were adding I was complaining, my first post about it on reddit (right after the ability showcase they did pre-HW release) was saying how clunky of an idea it is, regardless of if WM was good or not. You don't teach a job for 51 levels how to play as a mobile DPS and at the drop of a hat at 52 make you relearn to become a BLM-lite.

The changes honestly make me feel like they never wanted to have Bard in the relaunch to begin with. They either hated the original play style or in an effort to make MCH/BRD interchangeable they took MCH's upcoming design and found a way to work in a clunky workaround to make BRD post 50 the same (as close to as possible w/o being complete carbon copies).

Either way you look at it Bard gets the raw end of both deals. The other problem is I cannot see them changing anything drastically outside of some numbers tweaks. It's sad, it's one thing to want to change mains because new jobs come out, it's another to have to find another job to main because the one you have enjoyed for a year and a half was essentially erased from the game.