Bard - they broke my job

[AkashiXI]

Basically, it's time to learn what BLMs learned back in 2.0. Don't do HS (proc!) SS - do HS (proc!) HS SS.

You don't know what you're talking about. In fact, I'm extremely happy Rice is here to respond in a respectful way because there are so many hyperbole thrown in this thread to justify their theories, but lacks any depth whatsoever. Just because another job had some metaphysical short end of the stick doesn't justify the QoL problems Bard experiences with their procs or Empyreal Arrow delay issue . Let SE fix the issues and stop making this thread into the echo chamber of stupid.

edit: this post is now even better now I can see the roe my FC switch me to for the next week. Basically: my avatar = the majority of this thread.

[aabe]

incredibly high SS in your case.

Ah right, "incredibly high" as in, the SS you have when you're BiS.

You got me though mane

[Argentt]

Additionally, as part of a job adjustment, we’re making detailed adjustment such as ninja/paladin’s TP, and other adjustments to bard and astrologian.

Only took a 1500 post whine thread (plus countless other smallers ones) to finally make it happen :P

I wonder what changes we'll see. Fixing straighter shot animation lock? Bloodletter proc stacking? Improved movement?

[Moomba33]

I'm going to keep my expectations low.

[RiceisNice]

Ah right, "incredibly high" as in, the SS you have when you're BiS.

You got me though mane

Doesn't change the fact you still have high SS which speeds up TP consumption. I haven't paid attention to BRD stat weights, but is SS their strongest stat over crit/det or is it because their gear lineup is just bloated with SS...which if it's the case of the latter, it's more on the itemization for that tier (since high SS = high TP usage is not exclusive to BRD but any other job)

Only took a 1500 post whine thread (plus countless other smallers ones) to finally make it happen :P

I wonder what changes we'll see. Fixing straighter shot animation lock? Bloodletter proc stacking? Improved movement?

Fixing the procs and river of blood interaction would go a long way for BRD, though perfect world, they'd have some differentiation in gameplay from MCH (or the other way around)

[Greywolfamakir]

Only took a 1500 post whine thread (plus countless other smallers ones) to finally make it happen :P

I wonder what changes we'll see. Fixing straighter shot animation lock? Bloodletter proc stacking? Improved movement?

Nerf Foe maybe?

[PopeHat]

To increase parity between the different ranged dps roles the following adjustments have been made to Bard.

- While Wanderers Minuet is active, cast time will be increased from 1.5s to 2.0s
- Rain of Death's evasion down effect has been moved to Wide Volley.
- The Warden's Paeon will no longer prevent the status effect Pacification
- In order to use the ability Sidewinder, you must be under the effect of The Wanderer's Minuet
- The potency of Empyreal Arrow has been increased to 250
- The TP cost of Iron Jaws has been increased to 80
- The recast of The Wanderer's Minuet has been increased from 15s to 30s
- The Dragoon ability Feint will also have the cast effect applied while under the effect of The Wanderer's Minuet

Oh look, they increased our DPS. Everyone get gud and learn to love Bard or GTFO.

[SlyRoyale]

I, for one, am looking forward to what changes might be brought to BRD. I'm looking forward to November 10!

[rappa]

I am shacking now. Please SE don't break my actual bard, only fix SS proc and add other utility to warden's paean.

[Astral145]

Both bard and BLM suck now. Because they are pathetic I dropped sub a few days ago. Bard and BLM were my favorite jobs of 2.0 and now in 3.0 I have to deal with way to much server lag with Enochian (don't even try to tell its my end bc I did several trace routes during peek times). Bottom line is the devs got lazy and just through Bard and Blm together at the last min. Bard's proc issues and stupid cast times is a result of lazy design and zero motivation from the dev team. The way the devs implemented Enochian was just as stupid as giving bards WM.

Bottom line is I prefer range dps. I enjoyed BLM and Bard in 2.0 for several reasons. If I wanted to play as mage I equipped my BLM staff and started nuking everything but if I wasn't in the mood to deal with cast times I equipped my bow and shot a few arrows up a mobs @$$.

Don't hand me rubbish about trying other classes and all that garbage bc I already tried that and I'm not happy with the way this system is going. It's way to outdated and way to cookie cutter. If I wanted to play WoW I would go play WoW. WoW is dyeing out for a reason because the combat system is freaking old. The only reason FFXIV is doing ok is bc of the name. 2.0 was way better than 3.0. Just look at the new 3.0 raid.... seriously Goblins and a huge garbage can as the big threat o.O? In 2.0 we had a huge freaking primal that dang near wiped Eorzea off the map. And all we get in 3.0 is a bucket of bolts which btw is a snooze fest... where's the eye popping excitement and adventure?

They did more than break bard... they broke the game.