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

[Kaedan94]

For those that main NIN or DRG or MNK, imagine if they decided to change their abilities to be ranged? Suddenly your playstyle, the class you've enjoyed, has just changed. Some will say dramatically, others will say "big deal". That does NOT discount EITHER opinion.
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This wouldn't be AT ALL similar. It's a horrible comparison.

An accurate comparison would be if Nin/Mnk/Drg were given skills that you had to stand still for 1.5s to complete and gave a 30% damage increase. They are called "Charge attacks".

Seriously, that's what BRD and MCH were given. You get a 30% damage increase in exchange for having to "charge" the attack for 1.5s. It doesn't harm the BRD playstyle in any way.

[Dorfentyme]

This wouldn't be AT ALL similar. It's a horrible comparison.

An accurate comparison would be if Nin/Mnk/Drg were given skills that you had to stand still for 1.5s to complete and gave a 30% damage increase. They are called "Charge attacks".

Seriously, that's what BRD and MCH were given. You get a 30% damage increase in exchange for having to "charge" the attack for 1.5s. It doesn't harm the BRD playstyle in any way.

If that's all you took from my post, then you didn't get it. At all.

You even quoted the main part of my post. Neither opinions are discounted just because of how one or the other FEELS ABOUT IT.

[Vespar]

It doesn't harm the BRD playstyle in any way.

Have you personally tried it?
After using WM and getting effective with it, I still hate it. It doesnt feel like Bard anymore. and you know what maybe thats what SE wants. But its not what I want, so I wont play it anymore if it does not change.
Not giving them an ultimatum or anything, just merely saying I don't agree and therefore I'll let it go to someone who does.

Originally I was in the same boat as all the other bards, and part of me still is. But the arguing has gotten so out of hand Ive forgotten why I even care about this class