BARD 2.1 change [requesting letter from the producer explanation]

[Allyrion]

Greetings, everyone!

Based on fan translations of the interview Famitsu held with Yoshi-P recently, there seems to be a misconception about what was said regarding bard adjustments in 2.1. Contrary to the rumor that an ability would be taken away from bard and moved to a different job, bard will not be losing a main ability.

This confusion appears to stem from Yoshi-P comparing party formations to a puzzle and the jobs being the puzzle pieces. The goal for balancing the game is to make sure that no single job could complete the puzzle alone, and he feels that bard was given too many pieces of the puzzle.

Thank you for the clarification.

[Exstal]

The puzzle analogy is kind of cryptic. Plz tell us what you intend to do with Bard, as it might be a make or break deal for those that currently play bard.

A quitter, eh?

[Black91CRX]

I'm sticking to Bard regardless. I like the role.

[BrandoH]

Losing Invigorate would DECIMATE our sustained DPS over the course of a long fight, especially Turns 4 and 5. I would much rather give up PGL cross-class skills if we were losing a whole job's additional skills.

[Estellios]

I figured that they were just going to make Blood for Blood only work for melee strikes.

As it is it's imbalanced for BRD as you have the reward and in most cases ignore the risk.

[Kletian]

Losing Invigorate would DECIMATE our sustained DPS over the course of a long fight, especially Turns 4 and 5. I would much rather give up PGL cross-class skills if we were losing a whole job's additional skills.

Wouldnt that give the TP regen songs some use?

[Ashgarth]

I guess Bard will lose Blood for Blood, wich makes sense since Brd can use it from afar not having to deal with as much danger as monks and dragoons while the "+25% Damage taken" is active.

[Arkh]

They still talk whit riddles! WHY??? 1 week before the patch LOL

[WiseWolfHolo]

I guess Bard will lose Blood for Blood, wich makes sense since Brd can use it from afar not having to deal with as much danger as monks and dragoons while the "+25% Damage taken" is active.

Lies bard has to know when to use bfb, just because they are ranged does not mean the 25% increased damage plays no effect. Such an example would be using bfb then on t5 proceed to get metered. On a side note, you can deactivate bfb to dodge its effects if you have to, but bottom line is any class than can use it, can be hindered by the 25% increase in damage. Just because a melee is closer to the boss does not mean it should have rights to such a skill.

[Pellegri]

Wouldnt that give the TP regen songs some use?

Except for the fact that it would gimp us far below the nerfs they already have planned for our class? Now pretend for a second(because that's all you can do when you only have a lvl 15 bard) that you now no longer have invigorate as a dragoon, that is what it feels like as a bard. How do you think it would feel to spend 20secs(plus the time it takes to cast) every 2mins being in a gimped state(20% dmg reduction due to song) when you're already the lowest dps currently? Because that's what people here have been asking, why is the lowest dps in the game getting nerfs to it when no other class is receiving any form of nerf(besides blm which will not effect their dps much) when all of them are already above bards?

If you as a dragoon need a bard to ever use our tp song then you are either a terrible dragoon or have just died on a fight and got rezzed with little tp and no invigorate up. Beyond that if either of those are the case, how hard is it exactly to just say "tp song please"? The same goes for paladins and warriors, they can either speak up when they could use tp or they can stop being terrible and learn how to weave the correct abilities in and out so they stop running out of tp.

Now it would be amazing if people like you could stop posting everytime a bard doesn't know exactly when you need tp or mana because you never speak up. OMFG I NO KNOW HOW TO PLAY?!!?? I NED BARD TO TO BACK ME UP AND MAEK UP 4 MY BEIN TURRIBLE. Seriously people, if you need a song played then SAY SO, DO NOT EXPECT THE BARD IN YOUR GROUP TO ALWAYS KNOW WHEN YOU NEED HELP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SPEAK UP. It's people like you that are getting the lowest dps class nerfed even more just because bards can't read minds.