Bards need a buff

[Askarya]

spamming "Straight Shot" during 60s.

You mean Heavy shot, straight shot costs 70 tp :P

Just because you CAN use an ability, doesn't mean that you SHOULD use that ability. If you know that you run out of TP at the 3-4 min mark and the fight is going to be 6 mins.

Yes let's just not use our dots in t8 because.. you know you will run out of tp. Or let's use them not how you should use them in a proper rotation. Because otherwise you would have the -20% dps for 1 min because of paeon... brilliant idea! oh wait...

I think you should go and test your ideas before you talk about them with others >.<

[Danbo05]

Derp bard detected.



On a serious note, there's a reason Bards do the least amount of dps, as stated by a large number of people already.
Bards are free to move and shoot as they please, and is probably the easiest job to learn. They are also the best support job in the game (although scholars can make a good case for that as well). They're the 2nd best dps job when it comes to AOE damage.
In short, Bards are fine. Just learn how to play your job and stop complaining. A good bard can out DPS derpy monks and dragoons. As a Bard decked out in High Allagan gear, I honestly expected you to know better.

[Viridiana]

I want your AP. It is 5 seconds for every BRD in my FC.

Pretty sure it's 3 seconds for everyone else in the game. . .

[NoctisUmbra]

ITT: Misinformed BRD employs less-than-best practices an demonstrates an incomplete knowledge of his/her job of choice during, and after, asking for a buff.

BRD is perfectly fine as is. Ranged DPS with no positional requirements, immense mobility, effective multi-dotting, and effective AoE along with fantastic burst... it wouldn't even need to have access to a number of unique support buffs for party members to be considered balanced... yet it has even that.

[LionKing]

Brd needs Buff???No.
Your playing skill for the class need to be buffed?? Yes.

Brd class is literally /if <off CD> use ......How hard can it be?

[scarebearz]

If you want to get technical. Which, I can see that you do. Lets look at all of the DD jobs....

BRDs has 4 support abilities (Ballad, Paeon, Foe, Mantra). Can deal damage on the move. low multi target dps.
SMN has 4 support abilities (Virus, Resurrection, Eye for an Eye, Physic(healing as a DD is supporting the raid)). Can deal damage on the move. High multi target dps (if they don't insta-die).
BLM has 4 support abilities ( Virus, Eye for an Eye, Physic(healing as a DD is supporting the raid), Apocatastasis).

I main BLM and I've never used Physic during raiding, I suck

[HaroldSaxon]

I main BLM and I've never used Physic during raiding, I suck

He should really add the durations of each of those support abilities, and then compare it to the bard support abilities.

[Alcyon1]

Pretty sure it's 3 seconds for everyone else in the game. . .

SE probably nerfed the BRD's in their FC.

[Kagari_Asuha]

Give us higher single target damage.

[Exstal]

Give us higher single target damage.

If you can get a reasonable explanation why this should happen. Give Bard higher single target, but simultaneously lower the effectiveness of their songs. See how Bard centric parties slowly fade of out existance for other DPS.