Change to Wanderer's Minuet

[SaitoHikari]

Bard seems like it COMPLETELY changed. There was nothing I saw in the video that even remotely looks like how Bard is like now.

If I had to guess, the focus on Bard has shifted to effective management of three songs, Wanderer's Minuet (which appears to have received a total overhaul), Army's Paeon, and Mage's Ballad. And the songs all appear to have both a support and offensive aspect to them now. And I noticed a distinct lack of minuet casting times, which I imagine the devs might have axed because if we're going to be flipping between the three songs often, then that's enough casting as is.

[Dzian]

It's not as good as killing minuet and pretending it never existed. But it appears that it's being turned in to a cooldown and brd is going to having no cast times and more in line with how ranged physical dps tend to work in other games. Good! I might actually pick up brd again in stormblood, I'm so happy about that! I hated minuet and how shoe horned in it felt for brd, seems like SE is trying to dial back some of the more stupid concepts they implemented (enochian not being a passive, casting times for brd, etc.) and making them better.

No cast times. FOOOOOOK YES!!! adios bow mage you will not be missed

[LaylaTsarra]

They just confirmed that casting has been removed from the job for both Bard and Machinist.

[Moomba33]

WM killed a lot of the fun of BRD for me. I learned to live with it but never enjoyed it.
I'm really excited for the rework.

[Khalithar]

YES! No more cast times for either! Thank you Yoshida! Hallelujah! Long live instant cast ranged dps!

No cast times. FOOOOOOK YES!!! adios bow mage you will not be missed

Damn straight, to the trash with that concept and may it never come back. EVER.

[BCRD]

YES! No more cast times for either! Thank you Yoshida! Hallelujah! Long live instant cast ranged dps!



Damn straight, to the trash with that concept and may it never come back. EVER.

Agreed! Best news ever!

[LunarEmerald]

This change is amazing.

[Hamada]

The songs appear to be stance switching, like mnk to me. Also looks like all cast timers are removed. So VM stance is prob a damage buff.

[HyoMinPark]

I'm more concerned about what this is going to do to our damage. Are we going to go back to ARR wet noodle damage without our permanent 30% increase? Are we only going to be allowed to use EA and IJ when the Minuet buff isn't on cooldown? Honestly, I prefer Minuet the way it is now because I was never one to endlessly kite stuff or run around randomly before I got it.

[Mycow8me]

I'm excited for its removal but remain cautious about getting my hopes up.