Buff Bard - The Invisible Nerf

[Aramyth]

SE has recently said they are looking at nerfing BRD, well I say it's not necessary to do so, in fact I'm calling for a buff. A buff to songs.

We only have three songs usable in battle:

Mage's Ballad - Refresh MP - uses our MP and reduces our damage by -20%
Army's Paeon - Refresh TP - uses our MP and reduces our damage by -20%
Foe Requiem - Reduces all enemy elemental resistance by 10% - uses our MP

While this looks great on paper, there really is minimal reason for BRDs to have these songs up consistently. BRDs are supposed to be a support/DPS class and while they do bring buffs to the group, they need to be used carefully because these songs do eat the BRDs MP and then when you REALLY need these songs, you may not be able to cast them. So they are used sparingly. Not to mention the fact the only classes who really need Ballad are other BRDs, WHMs and PLDs.

What they need to do is decrease the MP taken from the BRD to keep these songs up, this way we have them up for a greater duration during fights and you inadvertently nerf BRDs by forcing them to have their songs up for longer a duration.

They could even add a few new songs into the rotation to force BRDs to have their songs up more frequently.

All The Following Songs have attached -damage dealt percentages on them. Could all be 20% or varying values.

Valor Minuet - Increases Determination
Sword Madrigal - Increases all stats by +20 (or whatever value)
Earth/Wind/Fire Carol - Reduces earth/wind/fire damage taken by 5%. (Three separate songs.)
Advancing March - Increases auto-attack speed.
Victory March - Reduces the Global Cooldown by .5 seconds