Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LI Shadowbringers Preview - 1:30pm PDT/4:30pm EDT

[Roda]

Removing synergies from bard
Emphasizing synergies for dnc.

[Barraind]

Removing synergies from bard
Emphasizing synergies for dnc.

"we wanted to remove syngergies so people wouldnt be forced to use specific classes"

15 seconds later

"heres this 30% crit and hit buff for the dancer and dance partner"
"dancer will be based around synergies"


Uh........

[Roda]

"we wanted to remove syngergies so people wouldnt be forced to use specific classes"

15 seconds later

"heres this 30% crit and hit buff for the dancer and dance partner"
"dancer will be based around synergies"


Uh........

Yeah dancer is looking HELLA meta rn.

And sacrificing a bard's entire identity to shove into dancer is really sketch.

[Dyvid]

Yeah dancer is looking HELLA meta rn.

And sacrificing a bard's entire identity to shove into dancer is really sketch.

Yea, I agree. BRD played really well in 4.0 so I don't understand why they would change it.

[Mhiro]

Yea, I agree. BRD played really well in 4.0 so I don't understand why they would change it.

i think it has something to do with them trying to make people want to take a DNC as much as they want to take a BRD. They emphasized that the fact that people are being selective over who they take into content isn't something they like and I think they fear that DNC will be cut out because BRD is already there. So they went a bit...uh...extra. We'll just have to wait and see how it all plays out. I like the idea. I know they mean well, but it might be a bad way to do it. All BRD needed was quelling strikes back not a compete rework outside of losing tactician.

[Kurando]

snip.

I don't know if BRD will get any new or merged emnity managing actions, but it seems the devs want to encourage the mt to stay in tank stance more by removing the penalties of using it thus other roles like DPS wouldn't need to worry so much about aggro in this case. I didn't see Diversion on any hot bar but Lucid was present so perhaps something is still available just not as many actions.

[Mhiro]

I don't know if BRD will get any new or merged emnity managing actions, but it seems the devs want to encourage the mt to stay in tank stance more by removing the penalties of using it thus other roles like DPS wouldn't need to worry so much about aggro in this case. I didn't see Diversion on any hot bar but Lucid was present so perhaps something is still available just not as many actions.

This is true I did notice that. Plus with the role action changes it's possible diversion might be one of the skills we are losing.

[Vespar]

Yea, I agree. BRD played really well in 4.0 so I don't understand why they would change it.

Okay I didnt catch half of the interpretation of BRD's new changes in the Live letter, can anyone else fill me in?
I currently main bard and since Aimi's mic died and my kid was yelling I missed that part...

[Dyvid]

Okay I didnt catch half of the interpretation of BRD's new changes in the Live letter, can anyone else fill me in?
I currently main bard and since Aimi's mic died and my kid was yelling I missed that part...

From my understanding, songs will no longer provide a passive crit buff.