Holy Effing Bard!!

[Vespar]

Is that for real? Like, not shopped?

Because I'm sitting here wondering why the hell it's still called Mage's Ballad if it's not going to do anything... you know, magey.

Because we also get this:

So Troubadour will essentially let us buff the song currently in effect.

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Bloodletter Procs all day for BRD with DRG and SCH! 10% for Straight shot + 2% for Mage's Ballad + 15% for Battle Litany + 20% for SCH's new Chain Strategem = 47% increase in Crit Rate for Ballad's duration while Crits from the DoTs reset Bloodletter and Rain of Death!

Dont forget Battle Voice.

It may not be Crit hit.. but Direct Hit is kinda similar if I recall what Yoshi-P said about it in live letter.

[Malzian]

Dont forget Battle Voice.

It may not be Crit hit.. but Direct Hit is kinda similar if I recall what Yoshi-P said about it in live letter.

This will up the damage, yes, but the Proc only occurs on Crits. This would make each proc hurt more but won't give you more procs.

[Vespar]

This will up the damage, yes, but the Proc only occurs on Crits. This would make each proc hurt more but won't give you more procs.

True. I can see why they dropped some of the buffs potency for things like Raging Strikes though. Since each song gives the same 2% crit rate bonus and it seems like we selectively rotate through those songs for the other effects, we can keep that 2% crit up for quite a while.

[Malzian]

True. I can see why they dropped some of the buffs potency for things like Raging Strikes though. Since each song gives the same 2% crit rate bonus and it seems like we selectively rotate through those songs for the other effects, we can keep that 2% crit up for quite a while.

Yeah, that's definitely a very good change. I'm very much looking forward to playing my BRD in SB now.

[MomomiMomi]

Because we also get this:

So Troubadour will essentially let us buff the song currently in effect.

That's still not magey. Strange to still call it that. Hope they change the name.

[Edewen]

That's still not magey. Strange to still call it that. Hope they change the name.

Umm ever heard of a white mage. Goes along the lines of healing. So yeah. Magey enough.

[Fynlar]

Umm ever heard of a white mage. Goes along the lines of healing. So yeah. Magey enough.

The increase of maximum HP isn't even actually a heal, so even in that case the name is still wildly inaccurate.

Seriously, when you overhaul a skill to the point its name no longer even makes any sense, it ought to be changed.

[Fynlar]

Because we also get this:

So Troubadour will essentially let us buff the song currently in effect.

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Dont forget Battle Voice.

It may not be Crit hit.. but Direct Hit is kinda similar if I recall what Yoshi-P said about it in live letter.

Mage's Ballad: Increases maximum *HP* by 15%

You only just compounded the WTF factor. Again, why not just change Cure into a DoT at this point while leaving the name the same?