Bard Points Allocation - Isn;t it DEX?

[Faelandaea]

PUG/MNK are you sure?

I think - or do they use STR?

[Menae]

BLM does not use DEX - that is why you do not see a damage increase. BLM damage comes from your INT stat - that is where BLM potency lies. The only classes in the game that can benefit from DEX are ROG/NIN, ARC/BRD and PUG/MNK.

Monks use STR, actually. Not DEX.

And tanks actually gain a really small amount of Block/Parry from DEX. I stress the word small, though.

[Faelandaea]

Monks use STR, actually. Not DEX.

And tanks actually gain a really small amount of Block/Parry from DEX. I stress the word small, though.

Ah okay. My PUG is only level 18 and I haven't touched it in a few months so I stand corrected.

[Judge_Xero]

Ah okay. My PUG is only level 18 and I haven't touched it in a few months so I stand corrected.

Rest assured though that if you did use Hawk's Eye on your Pug that your Dex would indeed increase.

[Mendalas]

Wow FranSeara, please admit already that you are trolling. Because if you are not... wow, just wow. Not gonna lie though it was a fun thread to read. Faelandaea I am happy that you received the info you need to become a better bard. I agree with the majority of the peeps saying that macros slow you down. I keybind all of my hotbars and it helps me to hit all the buttons. It takes some getting use to but after a while it becomes muscle memory. If you are on ps3/ps4, get use to switching pages on your cross hotbar since there is not enough room on 1 page to fit your abilities. It is a bit more work but your dps will increase immensely.

[Faelandaea]

Mendalas - thank you so much for the positive response XD I use all 8 hotbars and access my skills on them with my left thumb. I use a Razor Anansi keyboard and have 7 macro keys right below my space bar. I use my thumb to select what bar I want to access and then hit the number of what I need It has helped a lot!

[MaethusXion]

The only classes in the game that can benefit from DEX are ROG/NIN, ARC/BRD and PUG/MNK.

Psst... tanks would disagree here, DEX helps with parry/block too... so anyone that can parry/block can benefit from DEX also... psst

[Faelandaea]

Psst... tanks would disagree here, DEX helps with parry/block too... so anyone that can parry/block can benefit from DEX also... psst

If that's the case, maybe it's easier to just say melee classes as opposed to caster classes. But tanks don't even have access to Hawks Eye, do they?

[MaethusXion]

If that's the case, maybe it's easier to just say melee classes as opposed to caster classes. But tanks don't even have access to Hawks Eye, do they?

Here's hoping to adding LNC or ARC cross-abilities to tanks for 3.0! I can see Keen Flurry(LNC) be a decent addition as well as Hawks Eye(ARC)

[SunnyHirose]

Blood for Blood best defensive cooldown.