Can you tell me bards why so much hatred....

[Risvertasashi]

'bad' and 'hate' are both somewhat loaded words. But in terms of performance, utility, and so on and so forth, I don't hate bard or think it's bad and I don't think many people do at all (Aside from what one General Discussion post, but that's DF being the DF, which bad players are encountered on all jobs).

My personal problem with WM: If I wanted that caster playstyle, those options were already available on SMN and BLM and built into MCH more naturally. Conversely, the 2.0 BRD playstyle does not exist in game anymore.

You can, of course, say 'just don't play bard then'... and I don't anymore. *shrug* Now, people that mained BRDs were far more attached (I know at least 1 who unsubbed and heard of many others), so they had even less appreciate for changing the playstyle of the class.

I mean, imagine if Warrior was made to play more like Paladin. It wouldn't lose any DPS, tanking effectiveness, etc etc. Just change the playstyle to be very similar to PLD. I'm sure you can imagine... they would not be pleased. (Some people would love it though).

[Umbreon_skystorm]

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I actually understand this... but if you look the cast as a good stuff to the class...you are aiming... you are checking where is the best spot to hit...you can just turn off WM if you need to stay like 10/15 segs running to do something... this dance switch is what will make me level up my bard after my machinist... I'm just leveling up my machinist to do a Ocelot (from Metal gear series) cosplay kkkk
why you think something that benefits the class ruined it?