Thread: BARD 2.1 change [requesting letter from the producer explanation]

I love how you can just tell who in here is and isnt clearing Turn 5 on a a weekly basis. I bet 90% of the people saying RoD nerf isnt a big deal have never lived through a gigaflare on Twintania.

I'm freaking mad about this nerf. I don't mind the changes of BFB or Internal Release but it's really stupid to change RoD!!! Why do you want to make bards less useful? we will do less dmg of all dps and the only thing that we can do to help party is to play some songs and nerf our dmg again.

Bards did not receive any direct nerfs to their damage but they did receive an indirect nerf in the form of melee buffs, but this affects ALL range DPS, not just bards. The only direct bard nerf is to their utility, as Rain of Death is pretty much useless now unless they release new contents that would require its use. Honestly though, there are so many bards who don't even use Rain of Death because it would hinder their own personal DPS, kinda like those who don't use Ballad til the party yells in their faces.

RiP BRD. In comparison with other classes past 70 ilvl we are at the bottom rung of the totem pole. These changes exacerbated that. Here is to hoping they fix bows wep dmg.

When I heard the bard was getting damage nerf I thought it made sense because SE was going to give them more of a support role by maybe adding something useful party wise, the Rain of Death nerf is the exact opposite. Instead of propare balancing all Bards got is the future of a half-baked support and half-baked DPS. Only usefulness now is the Mage's Ballad one trick ponies yay! Oh and they still have Blunt Arrow at least they didn't take the silence away.

Would it be feasible to actually dump some level of accuracy itemization in favor of relying on RoD being up for most of the fight?

Originally Posted by PenutButter

Bards did not receive any direct nerfs to their damage.

Well, they did, albeit fairly minor ones. Untraited B4B and IR both got their effectiveness cut in half.

Originally Posted by Sylari

Would it be feasible to actually dump some level of accuracy itemization in favor of relying on RoD being up for most of the fight?

Since it costs 200 TP, does like, 100 potency damage, i'm going to go with "hell no".