RIP Bard

[Lemuria]

It was only a matter of time before bards started whinging.......

You're a bard yourself. Join in the chorus, you'll feel a lot better to get those frustrations out in the open instead of pretending everything is wonderful. There's only so much saccharine sweetness you can sup before you start feeling ill.

[Viridiana]

You're a bard yourself. Join in the chorus, you'll feel a lot better to get those frustrations out in the open instead of pretending everything is wonderful. There's only so much saccharine sweetness you can sup before you start feeling ill.

And there are only so many conclusions you can jump to before you miss and smack your face into a wall. >_>

[Meleoffs]

You're a bard yourself. Join in the chorus, you'll feel a lot better to get those frustrations out in the open instead of pretending everything is wonderful. There's only so much saccharine sweetness you can sup before you start feeling ill.

And when you start seeing those brds that actually realize this is a MASSIVE buff doing 700-800 dps, and you're only doing 500 you'll realize how stupid you sound.

[Felessan]

So what "The Wanderer's Minuet" does is give a 20% buff to ablilites eg "Straght Shot" and other but add a buff timer and you cant move, right?

You can move, but not too far. You have 1.5 sec casting time on main abilities (out of 2.5 sec GCD) - its much better than what mages have, but limits unlimited movement bards had before.
Besides 20% straight buff that somewhat offset with loss of autoattack, Minuet also unlocks very powerful abilities that are not usable otherwise - semi-ofcd attack with 240 potency, dots prolongation and the most powerful bard's attack .

[EZ5902]

You're a bard yourself. Join in the chorus, you'll feel a lot better to get those frustrations out in the open instead of pretending everything is wonderful. There's only so much saccharine sweetness you can sup before you start feeling ill.

Yh maybe so, but i do not play bard as my main. I dont really care if it gets a "nerf"

[Warlyx]

isnt skill speed supposed to boost DOTs dmg now? , it will be our main stat in 3.0 faster casting , less CD and more dot dmg

we are getting a skill to refresh dots (probably instant skill , to being able to refresh on the move) and sidewinder that does more dmg based around having dots.

we dont know whats going to happen to bloodletter , and barrage , maybe barrage boost the next sidewinder dmg , kinda like triple attack for nin ?

[Kairus]

I really hope there is something we are missing because being able to use WM with another song for a 5% total buff seems dissapointing. I still hope there is some small group bonus for singing 2 songs at once. Maybe increased pt evasion or slightly speed up health regen tic, hell I'd be ok if it made Swiftsong not disengage . I feel if it's going to be called a song then it should have some group bonus added, if not, then make it stance. I just hope brd is competitive in terms of support with the new jobs and we remain a viable option rather than end up on the sideline.

[JustaBard]

no more dodging. dps > mechanics. healers pls heal.

[Spiritreaver1217]

no more dodging. dps > mechanics. healers pls heal.

Or you could do something radical like not trying to do one thing 100% of the time and use the stance when applicable.

[Kuroyasha]

Or you could do something radical like not trying to do one thing 100% of the time and use the stance when applicable.

Blasphemy. Stand there and take that 40% dmg and let the fairy heal ya up + second wind the rest. Ofc you'll get a physick and a cure at the same time as well b/c that's how it always goes.