Ways to fix BRD and MCH in a realistic way

[Fynlar]

Do you remember the 2.0 speedruns? Yes? Do you remember why people wanted bards? No?

Foe Requiem, thats the answer, so what? Still going to tell me that bards main focus is mobility?

Actually, I don't remember it taking long for people to figure out that 2 BLMs for a speedrun worked a lot better than BLM+BRD.

For me it was kinda common sense from the start.

[Lillia]

Actually, I don't remember it taking long for people to figure out that 2 BLMs for a speedrun worked a lot better than BLM+BRD.

For me it was kinda common sense from the start.

I don't remember the skill "Bard Hop" being an attack either but apparently it is. xD

The reason I think our DPS is low is because a few of our skills are locked behind WM right now, if and when WM is properly fixed then we'll have a bit more of a boost not only because of whatever small boost the song will probably give but the skills we can use too. I mean really, aside from machinist... what other jobs have you honestly saw on the forums saying "we're broken and these new skills suck" so far?

Maybe some has their downs right now but they are not bad enough to where they are flat out avoiding a skill that activates 2 other skills. I mean lets be honest, if Iron Jaws and Empyreal Arrow was open to us without WM right now then what Bard wouldn't use it? Probably none would avoid the skills as much as they do right now.

Other new jobs have new rotations that use or weave in newer skills with new effects. We don't, we're stuck on the same 2.55 rotation with one new additional skill as opposed to the 3~5 skills every other job now can use for dps. Of course there won't be any big change, the only way we're going to see if Bard's DPS goes up in my opinion is when WM is properly fixed and when we change our rotations to actually add it in however it's going to used when that happens.