Bard and how to fix it.

[Snowaeth]

Bard isnt broken. It does not need to be fixed, people need to adapt. Dragoon before they changed positionals and gave it more M.Def was broken. WAR when it could tank literally nothing was broken.

Bard is not. You simply dont like the new playstyle, that does NOT make it broken. That is what all of you are failing to realize. Sure they could use a couple of QoL changes that make it smoother, BUT IT IS NOT FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN like some people think it is.

There are good reasons for players to dislike the new playstyle.
It is the most drastic change compared to the other jobs.
It comes too close to MCH/BLM playstyle which lowers the option of choice.
Players picked the job for how it played before.
These are things that have been expressed in other threads plenty enough though and not what this thread is about.

This thread is aimed at the issues the bard currently has in its new state.
Trying to find solution to the issues that come with this new playstyle.
Many of these problems stem from the original design not being built around cast times, which is causing some serious QoL issues.

I am hating on the playstyle change, but I am afraid that SE already made up their mind on that part.
So the next best thing is to try and fix the issues that actually came with this new playstyle to at least make it work smoothly and be more enjoyable.
I am pretty sure everyone can benefit from that not only current bards.

I am pretty sure however that it's the current bards especially the ones that put a lot of effort into their job before and/or after the changes that know best which QoL problems they'r running into.
More so than other players pointing at numbers and saying bards are fine.

[Sen_Terrechant]

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Except you and the others like you are pretending Bard is in some god awful spot. Its pretty much the opposite, if you could pull your head out of your nether regions long enough to look around, you would realize with the changes Bard is in a better spot DPS wise then they ever have been if you can actually play properly.

Heres the other thing, if you cant you might be bad. Good players have already adapted and arent flocking to the forums to demand insane buffs because ermagerd bard FEEELS bad to me.