Quote Originally Posted by ExcogEnjoyer View Post
The thing is, Foe + Refresh was genuinely a fun combination because you could use them both in about 3 or so ways and they were all equally valid in their use. There's a fun interplay between Using refresh to extend Foe's duration and using it to make its cooldown tick faster, I really liked that. And giving bard a reason to use mana is fun, especially when it helps the party.



What a dumb statement. If you like current bard and think it embodies the Bard archetype, then you simply don't like what a Bard actually is, simply put.
Ignoring the remedial statement regarding “If you like BRD, you don’t like BRD” as it’s remedial

But a big part of Foes reel is Mana and without refresh or any mana skills which have zero hope of returning, Foes is just a Dot. Aaand also Mana isn’t really a big deal for any job lately besides BLM and DRK. I wish we focused on improving what the devs have been dead set on keeping rather than just saying revert when they cleaned the system for said changes like mana skills and caster appeal. It’s in the past