Bards viability now?

[Waeksyn]

They never said they will not increase the dps, they said they will not make further changes until Alexander. If something seems offsetting or is unbalanced SE will take notice. I do agree that SE will not increase bard to do as much DPS as jobs like DRG/MNK but if it's a problem to where they do less than a tank then I believe SE will fix it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._bards_minuet/

Um, yes they did actually. Here is the relevant part:

In addition to making adjustments so that the effect of this ability is fitting right after you learn it, we will be making it easier to switch into and out of Wanderer's Minuet and eliminating the current aspects that make it difficult to use. At the same time we will be paying close attention to the balance of each skill so the damage output at level 60 does not largely increase.

Waiting for a few weeks of Alexander experience is also too late. SE should realize this from their experience with FFXI. There, they introduced a new job "puppet master" that was a disaster. They made lots of changes later on to improve the job but it was way too late - almost everyone had abandoned the job and those who played it got no respect at all, no party invites, etc. It's clear that BRD and MCH have serious problems and waiting will only ingrain the issue.

[Catwho]

Waiting for a few weeks of Alexander experience is also too late. SE should realize this from their experience with FFXI. There, they introduced a new job "puppet master" that was a disaster. They made lots of changes later on to improve the job but it was way too late - almost everyone had abandoned the job and those who played it got no respect at all, no party invites, etc. It's clear that BRD and MCH have serious problems and waiting will only ingrain the issue.

By the time they'd finished tuning it, though PUP was overpowered in the hands of a skilled player. They were also really useful on content where magic damic was good - we had one guy bring his PUP/SAM to Jailor of Love, and it did hate free nukes every 30 seconds, then he'd buddy up with one of the other melee to run in and WS then magic burst off it. Pretty amusing to watch.

[Lillia]

Um, yes they did actually. Here is the relevant part:


Waiting for a few weeks of Alexander experience is also too late. SE should realize this from their experience with FFXI. There, they introduced a new job "puppet master" that was a disaster. They made lots of changes later on to improve the job but it was way too late - almost everyone had abandoned the job and those who played it got no respect at all, no party invites, etc. It's clear that BRD and MCH have serious problems and waiting will only ingrain the issue.

Where did you get that from? It's not in the link I posted so there's another source right? Bluegarter site maybe? o-O

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DRK is also a new job though so it'd be hard to change a playstyle that no one really got accustom to, I see where you're going with it though.