Patch notes are up

[KageTokage]

Also, is anyone shocked that what is thought to lead into new housing has been postponed? Anyone? Anyone?

Not really.

I'd like to hope the extra time SE is putting into planning out the Ishgard Restoration also includes minimizing the impact the inevitable cheaters are going to have on its ranking system. I've already see those losers gloating about gaming the system with bots in the dark corners of the internet.

[Kuurei]

Not really.

I'd like to hope the extra time SE is putting into planning out the Ishgard Restoration also includes minimizing the impact the inevitable cheaters are going to have on its ranking system. I've already see those losers gloating about gaming the system with bots in the dark corners of the internet.

Not even the dark corners. They like to gloat on the forums and say the rough equivalent of "Look what you made me do!" to make themselves also seem simultaneously as victims.

[KageTokage]

Yeah...

I was browsing around to see what kind of people I'm dealing with and the mentality most of them have is honestly sickening.

They act like SE is "forcing" them to bot just because they don't like a particular form of content, not because they actually lack time to do it. They also frequently whine about the shortcomings of the bots despite all the advantages they're already getting from it. In short, they're a bunch of entitled morons who want everything without having to exert any effort.

Though I'm now I'm all the more annoyed that SE is so inept at banning them.

[DarkMasamune]

As a BRD main, I'm quite OK with what they did with BRD. It's pretty neat !

[FallenArisen0990]

I have a problem with Superbolide for Gunbreaker. If you accidentally hit that button, you could basically kill yourself (well not right away). I think SE should change it so that the HP reduction only happens around 20% or no more than 50%.

[SerLuke]

Also, is anyone shocked that what is thought to lead into new housing has been postponed? Anyone? Anyone?

They never really gave a timeframe for that, if anything they’ve been super vague about it

[Xieldras]

Once upon a time, back in the Gridania woods, stood a Bard that taught you to be better than Robin Hood. Singing out in the fields gave your allies better steel. Playing on your harp made attacks on your Foes more sharp.

Ever Wandering the nations, cleansing friends of cursed afflictions. Sending out a Refreshing breeze that fit your colleagues' needs. Thinking like a Tactician when it came time to redirect someone’s attention. Putting up a Palissade, a barrier, having your tank be its carrier. Hell descend while executing your enemy with the cool animation of Misery’s End.

But now, harp broken, Bard’s buffs have been stolen. Remaining but its Voice, Troubadour and Minne, in arrows Bard has been gaining. Ignoring its roots, its lore, it has lost its core. Damage as its only element, Bard pursues the exact same journey as its fellow Red residents.

Following in the cold shadow of Dancer, damage dealing's new support answer. Retreating from the light to the shades, with what feels like an unequal trade. Having to push out the shiny new Samba player, while dismantling its predecessor. Still deaf to its own Voice of Battle, Bard will continue to travel. But with everything thus revealed, against strong hostiles, is there a point to pick the bow to wield?

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Very dramatic poetry aside, the Patch Notes confirmed my fear to be true : Bard became a selfish dps so that the shiny new toy becomes the go-to support dps (Dancer will lock a spot, I can guarantee that). Bard is now all over the place as well both gameplay-wise and lore-wise. It looks as if I've just removed my Soul Crystal and evolved into Ranger.

When I first heard of the Soul Gauge, I thought : "oh maybe our buff potency will increase by spending the Soul Gauge". No, it's just....more damage. Soul Gauge augmenting the potency of your fewer buffs would've made the salt taste better, because losing half of your support kit, while new Dancer looks like it's having a blast giving out buffs like candy, is simply insulting. From what I've read now, Bard is just another selfish-er dps, which is counter to it's whole support lore in the Fantasy genre.

Our Role Actions are still mostly useless too. Peloton only helpful for going slightly faster to the next wall of mobs, all status-inflicting attacks don't affect end-game tier, we got a knockback immunity so that's nice. Personally I enjoyed the variety that Troubadour gave, but I can understand its changes, like Misery's End being removed as all other execution skills. To me, Bard did not suffer from Button Bloat like the other classes.

I'm very upset and my confidence for the Final 14 team has diminished even more (after Shirogane Savage, Eureka and BLU). It really does look at times like they do not know what they're doing. I will still be playing the expansion, but I might simply move to another class.

[FFgame]

job changes are here:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/battle/

Wow they dumbed this game down makes bfa wow look like chess

[Crushnight]

Wow they dumbed this game down makes bfa wow look like chess

[Rivxkobe]

Also, is anyone shocked that what is thought to lead into new housing has been postponed? Anyone? Anyone?

No.

Shirogane wasn't available right away.