I chose BRD for swift gameplay, if I wanted to cast I would have chosen a Mage.

[Brundlefly]

I (i180 BRD) was in an A4 party last night with another BRD and we had no problem farming it. The trick is to know when to turn off WM when you have to run around a bit more than normal or when picking up adds. Sometimes I think people forget that they don't always have to keep songs or stances up. I believe WM was meant to be situational originally and the recent fix in 3.01 to WM helped that.

[Shamo_Lomenzo]

I (i180 BRD) was in an A4 party last night with another BRD and we had no problem farming it. The trick is to know when to turn off WM when you have to run around a bit more than normal or when picking up adds. Sometimes I think people forget that they don't always have to keep songs or stances up. I believe WM was meant to be situational originally and the recent fix in 3.01 to WM helped that.

My BRD is still at 50, so take this with a grain of salt, but when I read the update notes for WM and Gauss, I was under the impression that they were implemented for this very thing, especially now that they are instant with 25(?) second recast timers. Throw on WM/GB to burst with the attacks that require it, take it off until your skills come back off cooldown, repeat.

[Brundlefly]

My BRD is still at 50, so take this with a grain of salt, but when I read the update notes for WM and Gauss, I was under the impression that they were implemented for this very thing, especially now that they are instant with 25(?) second recast timers. Throw on WM/GB to burst with the attacks that require it, take it off until your skills come back off cooldown, repeat.

Correction: 15 second recast timers, which is the same as empyreal arrow base. With some skill speed, empyreal arrow does drop time off CD. Also WM would be back up in time for refreshing DoTs with Iron Jaws. Rotation now is a bit difficult, but practice makes perfect.

[Shamo_Lomenzo]

Correction: 15 second recast timers, which is the same as empyreal arrow base. With some skill speed, empyreal arrow does drop time off CD. Also WM would be back up in time for refreshing DoTs with Iron Jaws. Rotation now is a bit difficult, but practice makes perfect.

Thanks, I grabbed that recast time from memory (which was apparently faulty).

But it just seems like a little bit of a stance dance now instead of having to choose between using it or not.