Why did square enix do this to bard?

[Bowen]

Something interesting, I think:

The Greek Apollo is god of the sun, medicine, music and archery.
Medicine = Healing Limit break
Music = Bard Songs
Archery = Duh

Just something I thought was interesting while trying to form connections between Greece and Eorzea the other day.

[T1M0N]

I think they should have a "buff"LB.
I don't know let's say a general damage buff of 5% during 20 who will increase by 1% every sec.Just my idea but well i know you can have aoe LB or a single target LB on them but using a healer lb just sound completely wrong to me.

[Mansayhi]

Didin't think about that, you have a good point.

[Mansayhi]

I like that to cause in 11 they we're a buff class and never got around to playing bard so I wanted to try it out, but hardly any buffing. But maybe once they release more expansions and give more skills more buffs will come into play.

[Alkimi]

I think they should have a "buff"LB.
I don't know let's say a general damage buff of 5% during 20 who will increase by 1% every sec.Just my idea but well i know you can have aoe LB or a single target LB on them but using a healer lb just sound completely wrong to me.

But in the end any party wide damage buff is basically just a damage limit break, it will just take longer to get the damage out. I can't think of what they would do tbh, maybe a huge spell speed/skill speed buff for phases that are both dps and healing intensive.

[Riichi]

Oh look, it's THIS thread again.

[Altimis]

You know the fact Bard can not use heal (cure crossskill from CNJ) ?

While CG movie we seen Bard use some kind of healing spell on WAR . . .

[Sinaloa]

If things go south and you actually need a healer lb you usually dont want to commit the healer in sitting arround 10 seconds. Having a "DD" being able to do this is worth a lot.

[Zenky]

I feel the extra Heal LB makes the BRD utility that much more OP. SE is just giving another tool to a swiss army knife. I'm fairly indifferent now to what they keep or give to the BRD, but to my own personal flavor, I wish they would give BRD's a buff/debuff LB that was % based. Melee damage dealers would get a higher % for example than BRD's, so it would still keep them VERY relevant and help with the synergism of the classes.

[NorthernLadMSP]

While I agree that bard having this is very helpful if the healer(s) die, it's still a strange choice.

As I was leveling bard this weekend, I couldn't help but notice, that while very fun to play, there is one major oddity I realized.

As an archer I was able to use Cure/Physick. As a pugilist I was able to use Cure/Physick. As soon as I equip the Bard stone, I can no longer use Cure/Physick, however my LB is healing.