I'm disgusted with the bard nerf.

[Ryuuji]

This thread... many lols were had. Just want to thank you all <3

[Xellos2099]

tbh, everyone agree that brd was a bit OP before with top tier dps + high mobility. Now they tuned down the dps, I think which is totally fine.

Again the issue is not the dps, is technical removalmof the rain of death as a (useful) support skill

[senjyo]

Again the issue is not the dps, is technical removalmof the rain of death as a (useful) support skill

yes I understand that, but consider BRD still has 3 skills which is like must needed for most party. Their role as support/dps is still quite solid. Before it is like "must needed support" + "super dps", not it become "still must needed support" + "decent dps".

Consider this BRD is always required for any 8 man party doesn't matter if they change RoD or not. This fact alone means a lot. There is no dps class out there received the same amount of love as a BRD. And more important, everyone BRD out there should've expect they will get nerfed in this patch. In fact the "nerf" is a lot minor than lots of ppl have expected. Balancing the game is a tougher job than ppl think, because there is 9 job in the game, not just 1 or 2 or 3. And imho they did fine with the BRD balance.

[Xellos2099]

Again, Bard is not like some super dps people tend to believe. They do very well in titan due fight design. In fact Bard is at the bottom tier in term in dps in coil. Losing rod will made things harder for everyone, not just bard.

[AjoraOak]

Yay I don't have to RoD anymore in turn 5! Overall, a pretty minor nerf with something I can't figure out for the life of me... does some other class get an attack down debuff now?

[Xellos2099]

War have a single target one which is not helpful at all for turn 1 or turn 4

[Rjain]

Bard basically turned from a support DPS into a straight up boring ranged DPS now. Never using rain of death again as it is now absolutely useless, more TP just to spam mindnumbingly repetitive DPS abilities.

[LunarEmerald]

The nerf isn't as bad as I was expecting. I was expecting worse.

[prymortal]

i hoped that they ll nerf their dps, but also , put to them more team buffs .
now we don't even know about their duty in a group ....

IF they nerfed there DPS they would have to give them a major LB, Due to all the times theres 2 bards pushed into the same party in DF.

ALSO all the content would need adjusting to compensate for the DPS nerf as its currently set up for the way it is.

[LunarEmerald]

Im not sure who your talking about. All hard modes and higher have gear checks now, and the main go-to gear (Darklight) is loaded with ACC.

Depends on the class. Full darklight Paladin doesn't hit the cap and even 10 points off can make a huge difference in Turn 4/5.