BRD General Advice Request

[MoroMurasaki]

HyoMin you are a veritable encyclopedia! Thank you so much!

If there are any other tips you have of course I'd love them but no pressure I don't want to drag you through typing out a book.

The timing of barrage and raging strikes thing I had but I didn't know to always pair it with Wanderer's which I will do from now on. All those boosted Perfect Pitches won't hurt one bit.

Really, thank you for all your insight! I will be putting it all to good use.

[HyoMinPark]

HyoMin you are a veritable encyclopedia! Thank you so much!

If there are any other tips you have of course I'd love them but no pressure I don't want to drag you through typing out a book.

The timing of barrage and raging strikes thing I had but I didn't know to always pair it with Wanderer's which I will do from now on. All those boosted Perfect Pitches won't hurt one bit.

Really, thank you for all your insight! I will be putting it all to good use.

Awh, thank you. :3 And you're very welcome! Anything I can do to help aspiring bards to be amazing! We need more awesome bards out there! I honestly don't mind because I get so tired of people assuming that all bards are lazy/weak, so I will do anything to help people learn how to play the class optimally and efficiently to prove all those bard-haters wrong. ;3c

When you hit 70, I don't mind at all giving you my opener I use, if you would like to practice it. :3 It was put together by one of the top Bards (Miyuri Ai from Sargatanas) out there, and it has amazing burst.

[MoroMurasaki]

Awh, thank you. :3 And you're very welcome! Anything I can do to help aspiring bards to be amazing! We need more awesome bards out there! I honestly don't mind because I get so tired of people assuming that all bards are lazy/weak, so I will do anything to help people learn how to play the class optimally and efficiently to prove all those bard-haters wrong. ;3c

When you hit 70, I don't mind at all giving you my opener I use, if you would like to practice it. :3 It was put together by one of the top Bards (Miyuri Ai from Sargatanas) out there, and it has amazing burst.

That would be awesome! I've watched some of her videos in preparation for playing Bard and she does do very well. Also her numbers don't look padded in the videos. Like the party has good synergy but she isn't being fed enhanced Balance/Spears or anything.

My boyfriend doesn't know it yet but he's gonna help me dungeon spam so 70 isn't that far sway after all!

[HyoMinPark]

That would be awesome! I've watched some of her videos in preparation for playing Bard and she does do very well. Also her numbers don't look padded in the videos. Like the party has good synergy but she isn't being fed enhanced Balance/Spears or anything.

My boyfriend doesn't know it yet but he's gonna help me dungeon spam so 70 isn't that far sway after all!

She's a great BRD, and I've learned plenty of little tips from her while trying to optimize BRD since Stormblood dropped and the job was completely 180'd again. XD

Here's the opener:

Pre-pull at 3 seconds: Foe Requiem + Infusion of Dexterity
At pull: Stormbite > Bloodletter > Raging Strikes > Caustic Bite > the Wanderer's Minuet > Empyreal Arrow > Straight Shot > Battle Voice > Iron Jaws > Sidewinder > ((Heavy Shot > Heavy Shot > Heavy Shot > Bloodletter > Heavy Shot > Heavy Shot)) >
[If at any time during your ((5x Heavy Shot)) spam Refulgent Arrow Procs, immediately Barrage + Refulgent Arrow your next GCD for a super 900 potency nuke--quite possibly the most satisfying thing you can have as a BRD]
[Any time Pitch Perfect procs at 3 stacks, weave it in between your Heavy Shot spam/Refulgent fishing]

After the 5th Heavy Shot, Empyreal Arrow should be coming off cooldown, and Raging Strikes is about to fall off. If you have not successfully fished a Refulgent proc > Barrage + Empyreal Arrow > Iron Jaws before Raging Strikes drops.

There was a picture floating around Reddit of Miyuri's opener with little icons that flowed much better than my text outline, but I can't find it at the moment. :c

After that, it's just song rotation, DoT upkeep, and Straight Shot buff upkeep. :3 You basically just repeat that opener every 80 seconds with each fresh Minuet + Raging Strikes. For Foe's, try to line it up not only with your group's major buffs, but also with Minuet to optimize your own damage output as well. I will usually start casting Foe's at about 12 seconds remaining for Army's, so I can segue immediately into my Minuet burst and get the most from Foe's, since it only lasts 20 seconds now without a Refresh or Mana Shift from a caster.

Before lvl54 you can use Barrage on Straighter shot as the 3 hits will be guaranteed crits, unless you're very lucking getting 3 crits on a barrage-heavy shot it will net you more damage, pretty useful when doing rouletes and other lvl 50 duties, but it's proc dependant so the rule Hyomin stated is true for this aswell !

Absolutely, if you are one with RNGesus and get a Straighter Shot proc to pair up with Barrage, absolutely do so! Since the SB change to Barrage allows the hits to crit (and direct hit crit), it's higher potency to Barrage > Straighter Shot compared to Barrage > Heavy Shot if RNG smiles on you.