RIP MCH

[Jetstream_Fox]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but decreasing the damage penalty for ballad brings it more in line with the mch's turret dps loss when they change it do support mode?

Jet, I'm not sure if you meant it figuratively or like actually but Foe's never reduced the bard's damage (except for the cast time).

But that's the thing, we already do low damage, so why decrease it further? Why not take off the damage reduction on both classes. When an AST uses a card the AST isn't negatively impacted by the card, imagine if when the AST used a card it lost X% of healing potency It wouldn't make sense would it? So, why does MCH and BRD lose damage for using their buffs? It's been a question since 2.0. Even with it knocked down to 10% that means that if I have to play either Ballad or Paeon, with Wanderers on I'm getting 20% instead of 30%.

Which is why I said it's always been odd that Ballad and Paeon reduce damage since they don't lower enemy resistance, there is no real trade off for them to lower the attack of the class with those two songs. Unlike with Foe you knock down a mob down by 10% but you don't lose anything? A buff that weakens enemies doesn't weaken me, but a regenerating song does?

All the songs do in this regard is debuff Wanderers damage increase, which SE implemented to increase the BRDS damage. Less damage on a buff that took away our mobility and auto attack? The class is in a constant state of gimping until they remove the damage reduction as a whole and rework BRD to work around WM rather force it luke it is now.