Bard - they broke my job

[Ryaz]

I like the WM buff but why the potency nerf on EA and Sidewinder? Come on SE!

Because the damage increase affects all your abilities. You may lose a little potency in special abilities, but gain a lot more on other attacks.

[LLamaPie]

Because the damage increase affects all your abilities. You may lose a little potency in special abilities, but gain a lot more on other attacks.

I'm aware of that but it wasn't necessary; we're still quite a bit under the other DPS classes.

[Kayote]

I'm aware of that but it wasn't necessary we're still quite a bit under the other DPS classes.

To me this is a quick fix they did. They had like what... 2 weeks to implement these changes? Im going to go out on a limb and say they were purposefully conservative with the changes. Yoshi did say he was going to look at the data from the Alexander encounter and go from there.

Of course, this is the same idiot who recently said MCH and BRD play the role that he himself chose to keep out of the game so I wouldnt hold your breath for anything more than another FU from the developers.

[Ormeriel]

Still very unhappy with the whole Minuet thing.

First the nerf to sidewinder is too intense and unnecessary.

Second, I don't care even if Minuet would turn me into a turret of pure destruction, I chose to play bard for its Mobility!

If I want to be a turret, I switch to my Black Mage job!

As long as Minuet will make me sacrifice my mobility I ll consider it an aberration that should not exist on the Bard class.

[LLamaPie]

Still very unhappy with the whole Minuet thing.

First the nerf to sidewinder is too intense and unnecessary.

Second, I don't care even if Minuet would turn me into a turret of pure destruction, I chose to play bard for its Mobility!

If I want to be a turret, I switch to my Black Mage job!

As long as Minuet will make me sacrifice my mobility I ll consider it an aberration that should not exist on the Bard class.

Ya the 100 potency nerf made me go ?????? I just don't get it.

[Mitttens]

Still very unhappy with the whole Minuet thing.

First the nerf to sidewinder is too intense and unnecessary.

Second, I don't care even if Minuet would turn me into a turret of pure destruction, I chose to play bard for its Mobility!

If I want to be a turret, I switch to my Black Mage job!

As long as Minuet will make me sacrifice my mobility I ll consider it an aberration that should not exist on the Bard class.

Yeah. As of today, I'm dropping BRD and switching to BLM. All I wanted was to be able to run and shoot and make mages happy. But since that's not going to be an option in high level raids, I may as well just cast the big kabooms. It's sad. Not as bad as FF11 where SE murdered the ranger job, but still. I don't have any intensive to get Bard to 60 any more.

[Aikaal]

Yeah. As of today, I'm dropping BRD and switching to BLM

I'm sure they'll change Bards around. I don't play that job personally so I have no idea what I,m saying but Wanderer's Minuet sounds like a 180 degree playstyle shift.

In the meantime~