Bard - they broke my job

[Greedalox]

https://youtu.be/wsBX1Yq7lQA

I wouldn't say "turret" or "removed", but I dunno mane ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm in love with this video.

[aabe]

I'm in love with this video.

I tried to manipulate latency/server updating as little as possible but you can move even more than that, the point was just that you aren't really a turret.

Excuse me for my poor bitrate btw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Katchoo]

Like, WM can be hotkeyed, and flipping it off for a GCD doesn't require as much reaction time because you can just finish your cast and hit it, the same way you would hit feint,

Here is the thing. If you are in a situation where you can finish your cast surly you don't need to turn WM because you can a) Slide during the cast and b) have the rest of your GCD to move.

I think it's more of a situation where you are interrupted by moving and need something quick to bridge the gap.

[Greedalox]

I tried to manipulate latency/server updating as little as possible but you can move even more than that, the point was just that you aren't really a turret.

Excuse me for my poor bitrate btw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I was paying no mind to any problems the video had, was just laughing the whole time xD

[aabe]

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Yeah, that is true, I just don't find many times where there are aoes quick enough that I have to stop what I'm doing and feint, and other situations where I have to do that I can kinda-sorta boil down to my own error which is something that you can fix if you're not bad like I am. I put it into good practice in A3 but the movement is a lot more sustained there than elsewhere.

[Katchoo]

Yeah, that is true, I just don't find many times where there are aoes quick enough that I have to stop what I'm doing and feint, and other situations where I have to do that I can kinda-sorta boil down to my own error which is something that you can fix if you're not bad like I am.

And this is why i think Feint works, because it's a snap decision that requires no thought and is probably the safer bet. I mean, even if i knew the exact amount of time a AOE was going to be up there is still things like latency to consider that might make i dangerous to not interrupt a cast, say you were doing Savage for example. (just to clarify i'm not arguing the Dance VS Feint damage, you got me there, more discussing the usefulness of Feint)

[Sekundessounet]

If I'm going to be on a bard - I'm always moving. I'm usually moving 95% of the time, standing still only when something locks me in place. I do that when tanking on this character as well. It is how I play and why I chose bard as my DPS alt. Thankfully she's only level 34 - so I can consider a switch out to a melee class.

So basically you just want to be able to run around in circles while you could stand still ?

[Greedalox]

So basically you just want to be able to run around in circles while you could stand still ?

That's exaaaactly what she said she wants.

[Sekundessounet]

That's exaaaactly what she said she wants.

Just checking.

That's not the "core of the feel of the class" bro.

[Greedalox]

Just checking.

That's not the "core of the feel of the class" bro.

That's what so many people have been saying. It was flavour at best that wasn't even all that lost. They're still very mobile with the short cast times on WM. The problem with people heavily exaggerating aspects of a class is that it creates a mist of hysteria within the community and I feel that's what the Bard ordeal is. I'm not arguing if it's as fun as 2.0, I'm saying that the class is alive and well, and still quite mobile.