Bard

[Estellios]

I think someone is happy that ARCs will not pose a threat as far as DPS is concerned but moreover boost his own. I wasn't around for the ARC nerf, but I'm sure you were ecstatic about that too~

I think bard is necessary, but c'mon, as the job for the only ranged class that doesn't use magic in this game, really?

Man I played ARC pre-nerf and even I was hoping for a nerf. I made leve parties un-fun just by doing anything.

If Bard songs have a good enough duration then you really won't be running around buffing all the time. I'm pretty psyched about it.

Also @ Yelta: It's 1 job per class right now but there are plans for multiclass jobs and such down the line.

[Yelta_Sumasu]

Also @ Yelta: It's 1 job per class right now but there are plans for multiclass jobs and such down the line.

Awesome! I've seen people suggest it but not that they were looking into it. Where did you see that? I try to stay on top of things but sometimes miss good stuff.

[Estellios]

Awesome! I've seen people suggest it but not that they were looking into it. Where did you see that? I try to stay on top of things but sometimes miss good stuff.

It was from Dev posts from a few months back, but they had given the example of Red Mage requiring CNJ and THM.

@ Fiosha: That's exactly how it was. A friend and I were leveling our ARCs as our 2nd classes with another friend who was a GLA, and during leves, at high difficulty, our Multishots would instantly kill anything that popped before our GLA could even pull out their sword.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Man I played ARC pre-nerf and even I was hoping for a nerf. I made leve parties un-fun just by doing anything.

If Bard songs have a good enough duration then you really won't be running around buffing all the time. I'm pretty psyched about it.

Also @ Yelta: It's 1 job per class right now but there are plans for multiclass jobs and such down the line.

I recall on me server an 31 archer when I was a 27 gladiator trying to hold hate.

My happy 40 damage swings, trying to use virtually every enmity ability (except for Disorient) to take/hold the hate. When I checked the combat logs and saw, "421 damage" pop up three times as the opening attack, I knew why I couldn't hold hate and also why enemies were dying so fast.

As a Gladiator, I felt like I contributed nothing to the group. I could not hold hate. My damage was low. And there was no use in asking the archer to hold back with Quelling Strike, Chameleon, or Collusion if their actions ended combat significantly faster.