Bard - they broke my job

[aabe]

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Totally correct besides the last part, there is an *exception* to EA + Straighter shot, however this is from an unfortunate person who currently sits at around 740-800 skillspeed depending on encounters, for example in A1S my 800 skillspeed set is easily better stats and I don't need TP

The thing is though, if you're "lucky" you'll get an SS proc every time EA comes up. If SS lines up with EA, you're using 130 TP in a single GCD, so while the lack of GCD clipping on EA looks tasty it can burn the hell out of your TP. I tend to avoid doing it too often if I'm getting lucky with SS procs, and I choose to hold EA for my next GCD to both save TP, and "check" for another SS proc since you can do SS -> HS (EA) -> SS if it procs.

It's really just another one of those bard things where it changes depending on the situation, though.