3.1 Balance/QoL Request Megathread

[Kelevra]

Bard:

Rain of Death debuff changed to Piercing Resistance down (Bard should still have access to this if a Dragoon isn't around)

Wide Volley changed from weapon skill to an OGCD ability that can now spread Venomous and Windbite to nearby targets

while under Minuet
- Barrage allows a single target weapon skill to hit 4 times now
- River of Blood trait now increases potency of Bloodletter/Rain of Death whenever reset by Venomous or Windbite and are not on cooldown (up to 2 potency increases---potency increase has a 10-12 sec duration)
- Sidewinder is now affected by Flaming Arrow and can have a possible 3rd potency increase (if target is inflicted with both Venomous and Windbite, while standing in the Bard's Flaming Arrow...potency will be increased to 450---I think that's what it was pre nerf)

[Buckles]

MONK:

Form Shift OUT OF COMBAT puts you in the specified stance with no time duration (to avoid having to spam over and over trying to stay in Coeurl form while waiting for tanks on raid bosses for example)

Meditation OUT OF COMBAT stacks immediately to 5 (I know they answered this already, but keep asking to get attention again)

Tornado Kick - Apply damage at the start of the animation (as said before, just re-posting for more attention)

Other than that I personally think the direction Monks were taken and the skills that were added compliment us perfectly. the numbers and balance are fine, we just have very slight QoL needs. Currently there's a lot of OUT OF COMBAT crap we have to rotate / maintain every pull . I don't feel the need to balance anything (except Tornado Kick damage at the start of the animation as it is a long animation)

On a side note, I'd like to suggest an Elixir Field animation changed to reflect blunt damage. Maybe a nice spinning kick? Blasting blue light from our hands doesn't strike me as Monkish or blunt damage.

Other suggested change isn't needed. You Tornado kick before LB, or let someone else do it if applicable.

[Clarkamite]

I agree, but it's not like we can magically make casters appear. No BLM or SMN in your group, none of that matters. It's out of our control.

I think the fact that they gave bards that ability is what makes their DPS lower. It's SE's way of encouraging there to be a caster in each group. There's a really small chance a group is going to bring a Bard and then three physical DPS. And even in that case the utility of bringing Paeon to the table at the very least makes it so your melee don't run dry which would be a bigger DPS loss than the amount it lowers the Bard.

[Greywolfamakir]

I'm not sure what this adds to what I said.

I'm simply stating that the increase from a timely and well placed Foe Rec is really massive. Assuming your casters don't suck. Mathematically speaking, sure if those are the numbers then great but 6-7% seems to be making it sound smaller than it really is like in practice. It can make all the difference on actual parse numbers is my point and therefore Bard's utility is not as small as was implied.

Foe Requiem adds between 6% and 7% damage magic, for every magic skill used, mathematically speaking and in practice. If You think that 6%-7% is a "massive amount of damage increases" I don't agree with You. If Battle Voice is active, every magic spell is increased by 13%-14%, mathematically speaking and in practice. You can test it, or You can follow your "intuition", like You prefer. I tested it, but I can be wrong.

[Demi_God]

Foe things

Actually its 6-7% with BV up, not 14%. Other than that I do believe Bard could use slight buffs to put them more inline with caster dps since they technically are casters now. They could do this by reverting the potency nerfs to sidewinder and IA or by increasing the chance for SS procs, either by increasing the base % chance or allowing IA to also have a chance to give SS procs. While Bards are only slightly behind other classes in DPS right now I believe the gap will only widen as people obtain more gear this patch, Especially the weapons which give all other DPS one extra WD over BRD/MCH. I also wouldn't mind a complete rework of Warden's Paean, I'm sure its no surprise to anyone that its almost completely useless(outside the opener in which it can be used on a warrior).

[SuzakuCMX]

NINJA

PLEASE LET US USE WEAPONSKILLS BETWEEN MUDRA/NINUTSU CASTS INSTEAD OF MAKING IT AUTO FAIL

Mudra lag is literally the only reason I don't want to play NIN.

[Clarkamite]

Foe Requiem adds between 6% and 7% damage magic, for every magic skill used, mathematically speaking and in practice. If You think that 6%-7% is a "massive amount of damage increases" I don't agree with You. If Battle Voice is active, every magic spell is increased by 13%-14%, mathematically speaking and in practice. You can test it, or You can follow your "intuition", like You prefer. I tested it, but I can be wrong.

Explain to me how that's not massive. If I'm understanding you correctly, 6-7% per magic skill used. Over the course of an entire 10 minute fight? That's small? What about in the case of even longer fights? What about fights heavy with AOE like A2S? So adding 100-200 DPS at current endgame fights is small?

[seekified]

Machinist

-Enhanced Slug Shot proc should pop at the end of the Split Shot cast instead after the Split Shot animation, making easy to react.

This, so much this. I'm pretty much forced to hang around for .5 seconds for each proc to see if I should do the next skill or keep going with Split Shot.

[Core1019]

This, so much this. I'm pretty much forced to hang around for .5 seconds for each proc to see if I should do the next skill or keep going with Split Shot.

Weave in an oGDC skill after the skill that causes proc. It triggers the proc early. We BLMs used to do this to check for the last Firestarter before switching to UI3.

[Jonnycbad]

The following abilities' effects need to proc at the start of their animation, not end.
-Disembowel
-Bio

I hate that I can't weave in Jumps or Legsweep until Disembowel animation is done, and as a SCH/SMN, if I do bio2>miasma>bio, i can't use Bane to spread all 3 effects until about 1.5-2 seconds after Bio is cast.