Quote Originally Posted by Valence View Post
I don't care what other MMOs do. I care what XIV has done with it so far so that people do enjoy the role (and hated the HW casts with a passion). You're essentially asking to transform it so radically that I do question if you do really enjoy the role for what it is i you truly main it. I know it's been butchered over time and it needs help, but I'm immediately made suspicious of people trying to lump it within other roles. I'm sorry but that's creatively bankrupt.
So essentially you only care about your own opinion and no one elses.
I don't care about walking pvp casts being a part of phys range thats it, I don't have a strong enough opinion on them that they should be in the role or not. This is literally it I liked HW bard, I didn't like HW machinst some people have the reverse opinion why should I care if other people hated the HW casts? The main reason I don't play bard anymore is completely different from casts I just hate the song rotation, as for Machinist I enjoy it as it is but wished it did more damage and had better aoe. If bard got a song that gave it cast times I wouldn't hate that but if the songs remained the same system id hate that. We have different priorities I don't view having no cast times as core to phys ranges identity instead I view them as the DPS support role, I think you are working yourself up over a subjective opinion.