7.1 and Bards got nothing...

[mallleable]

Trying not to despair too much , but also realizing BRD only received potency buffs twice in the entirety of Endwalker's patch cycle. Dawntrail might be another painful expansion for BRD players.

Hearing reports that tanks can actually out damage BRD even when the BRD player is bis, and doing their rotation correctly.

[Valence]

Trying not to despair too much , but also realizing BRD only received potency buffs twice in the entirety of Endwalker's patch cycle. Dawntrail might be another painful expansion for BRD players.

Hearing reports that tanks can actually out damage BRD even when the BRD player is bis, and doing their rotation correctly.

At least it's doing surprisingly okay in the damage department compared to its 2 brethren.
But rotational issues continue to be ignored, much like the whole role.

[Brigog]

At least it's doing surprisingly okay in the damage department compared to its 2 brethren.
But rotational issues continue to be ignored, much like the whole role.

You must be doing something wrong on the others cause bard is far below the others. MCH can pull pretty good numbers, bards are FAR behind.

[Supersnow845]

You must be doing something wrong on the others cause bard is far below the others. MCH can pull pretty good numbers, bards are FAR behind.

I think it’s you who are doing something wrong with BRD

BRD is and continues to be the strongest physical ranged (if just has a larger IQR since it’s harder to play) at its top end it’s pulling melee numbers

[mallleable]

I think it’s you who are doing something wrong with BRD

BRD is and continues to be the strongest physical ranged (if just has a larger IQR since it’s harder to play) at its top end it’s pulling melee numbers

aDPS, and nDPS tell a different story. It means that the potency on BRD's direct damage actions is low, like really low. And these damage problems are related to BRD's rotational, and stress issues because it means that the raid buffs are too important, and the damage actions aren't important enough. If anything bad happens to its songs from either user error or just getting KO'd in a fight or other things that aren't in the BRD player's control, the job evaporates. Like I get that BRD is supposed to be k'know a bard, but it has structural problems that need to be fixed, and unironically fixing its personal damage is a solution.

[Supersnow845]

aDPS, and nDPS tell a different story. It means that the potency on BRD's direct damage actions is low, like really low. And these damage problems are related to BRD's rotational, and stress issues because it means that the raid buffs are too important, and the damage actions aren't important enough. If anything bad happens to its songs from either user error or just getting KO'd in a fight or other things that aren't in the BRD player's control, the job evaporates. Like I get that BRD is supposed to be k'know a bard, but it has structural problems that need to be fixed, and unironically fixing its personal damage is a solution.

I mean what’s the problem of having a job that focuses extremely strongly on rDPS, BRD in 11 doesn’t even do damage in a functional way

If anything I’d prefer they nerf its pDPS even more and make its buffs even bigger

[mallleable]

I mean what’s the problem of having a job that focuses extremely strongly on rDPS, BRD in 11 doesn’t even do damage in a functional way

If anything I’d prefer they nerf its pDPS even more and make its buffs even bigger

Good thing xiv isn't xi, because that sounds dreadful. I want BRD's musical aspects to be active, and not passive. What's going on now is too passive, and is causing problems

[Rithy255]

I mean what’s the problem of having a job that focuses extremely strongly on rDPS, BRD in 11 doesn’t even do damage in a functional way

If anything I’d prefer they nerf its pDPS even more and make its buffs even bigger

I actually agree with this, I like the idea of some jobs heavily leaning into Party DPS, I do think physical ranged needs more outside of dps buffing aspects too though, I really wish there was more "support dps" which physical ranged used to be.

[RezRanger]

aDPS and nDPS don't matter in this game. They balance around rDPS which BRD is the best at compared to MCH and DNC at least with FRU. BRD is basically the only Prange to use.

[Valence]

You must be doing something wrong on the others cause bard is far below the others. MCH can pull pretty good numbers, bards are FAR behind.

Note that when I wrote the message you replied to, patch results weren't there yet and MCH/DNC were lagging a little more behind, especially MCH before its buffs. Do we agree on the metric used?



Now waiting for the goalposts to move...