BARD NERF [requesting more details to the devs]

[Kolaina]

Or you might just not freak about it and wait. They might not even touch Bard and just buff everyone else. Calm down.

they did this in Aion and it worked horribly. Assassin was the most technical class, Those that got good at it, got real good at it. Managing stun locks in pvp, micro managing buffs, etc. The only class with out an "I win" button. People complained the class was over powered, so they saw nerf after nerf. People still complained. The solution.... allow all classes that can weild 2 handed weapons (every class but assassin btw) to be able to combine 2 weapons receiving the added attributes of the secondary weapon, and half its damage. Sins quickly became a joke in pvp. Also added a get out of stun free + immunity to stun for 10 seconds (not sure about the time, been a while since i played).

[Zellata]

they did this in Aion and it worked horribly. Assassin was the most technical class, Those that got good at it, got real good at it. Managing stun locks in pvp, micro managing buffs, etc. The only class with out an "I win" button. People complained the class was over powered, so they saw nerf after nerf. People still complained. The solution.... allow all classes that can weild 2 handed weapons (every class but assassin btw) to be able to combine 2 weapons receiving the added attributes of the secondary weapon, and half its damage. Sins quickly became a joke in pvp. Also added a get out of stun free + immunity to stun for 10 seconds (not sure about the time, been a while since i played).

It didn't quite go like that. Sin had an "I win" button in a form of packing silencing (or paralyzing) godstones in both weapons. Initially they could literally mash their face on the keyboard and still win a 1v1 pvp fight. After ncsoft added that stun immunity sins indeed became a joke as they lost ability to stun-lock didn't have anything else to bring to the party.

A cast-animation for the Bard ?! ... Bards don't have any cast-animation, oh wait there are the actual songs, which the Bard cast for 3 seconds.

Animation time and cast time are two completely different things.

[Kolaina]

It didn't quite go like that. Sin had an "I win" button in a form of packing silencing (or paralyzing) godstones in both weapons. Initially they could literally mash their face on the keyboard and still win a 1v1 pvp fight. After ncsoft added that stun immunity sins indeed became a joke as they lost ability to stun-lock didn't have anything else to bring to the party.

in the earlier stages of the game godstones werent so easily aquired. especially as an asmodian. you either god extremely lucky with a drop, which probably wasnt the case, or you pvpd high ranked enemies for a quest to get 1 godstone. "I win" buttons were sorc sleep skill timed with a nuke, archer naturally stun on crit (which was very consistent), tank defense buff, healer.... well, heal, chanter and glad naturally ability to knock down along with chanters buffs or glad ankle snare. and the ultimate "I win" button was the summoners endless chain of fears. none of these needed godstones and were naturally part of these classes

[Zellata]

in the earlier stages of the game godstones werent so easily aquired. especially as an asmodian. you either god extremely lucky with a drop, which probably wasnt the case, or you pvpd high ranked enemies for a quest to get 1 godstone.

You could always buy one from the auction house - it was just a matter of grinding enough kinah (which was a royal pain in the rear, but it's a korean grinder game we're talking about).