Archer/Bard LB

[Kuwagami]

Once more : Bards are support job, thus have support LB.

Them being Qed as dps has nothing to do with it. If you want to ask something, ask SE to create more support jobs and a real support role.

[Kiyouma]

You people are ruthless.

[Dijana]

It is a support job and it kind of makes sense. Archer/bard is technically dps but we already have multiple other jobs that can do dps LB, but if your one or two healers go down its nice to have someone else who can use it to heal/revive everyone else.

A little silly for a dps to have it, but if they wanted to balance it out on who could do what LB archer/bard makes the most sense (before 30 only one class gets the healer LB). Of course, since bard seems to be one of the most played classes..it turns out to be pretty often in dungeons there's nobody who can do a dps LB

[Jandor]

Just imagine a 4th 'support' role exists and that's why Bards have the limit break they do, then start to wonder why support has the same LB as healers and that it's more useful when support uses it.

[CYoung187]

Btw it is much more difficult for the melee to lb/hit the damn thing if you are kiting it.

[Rhysati]

They really should just give Bards a LB that is akin to Bloodlust or something on WoW. A 15s haste/damage buff for the whole party or something. That would be more fitting for Bards since they are a 'support' role, not a healer or strictly dps.

It's obvious that the only reason they got the healer LB is because the ranged DPS LB uses magic and SE was too lazy to make one with different graphics for them.

[RyuDragnier]

So my question is why do archers and I assume bards have the healer LB instead of the DPS one? We are considered a DD class and job right?

Back in 1.0 Bards had access to healing abilities and the 2ndary necessary class to go BRD was Conjurer. They switched it to Pugilist for 2.0 on, but they never fixed it so Archers/Bards would have a different LB. I guess to avoid them becoming all that and a bag of chips.

[Dragonedge]

All Lb´s are gonna be reworked . Job Related Limit Breaks are alsready in the works and Anounced. So i think maybe Bard will get the EES back (2h from FFXI Eagle Eye Shot, was the most devastating single target action you could get would fit in with Melee Lb just different Animation) =)

[Giantbane]

All Lb´s are gonna be reworked . Job Related Limit Breaks are alsready in the works and Anounced. So i think maybe Bard will get the EES back (2h from FFXI Eagle Eye Shot, was the most devastating single target action you could get would fit in with Melee Lb just different Animation) =)

Melee needs to keep their most powerful LB status. It's too tempting in too many fights to just do ranged only so it's nice to have one more reason to at least bring one melee. To me, it makes sense to have ranged physical dps be their own LB type. Maybe have it be a line attack like the first boss in pharos does. Power would probably be somewhere between the Melee single target and Mage AoE.

[Kaze3434]

All Lb´s are gonna be reworked . Job Related Limit Breaks are alsready in the works and Anounced. So i think maybe Bard will get the EES back (2h from FFXI Eagle Eye Shot, was the most devastating single target action you could get would fit in with Melee Lb just different Animation) =)

wrong info. the animations are being reworked, not the limits themselves.