HW bard- channeling?

[ruskie]

I just wish the animation made more sense. We shouldn't be channeling while reaching for an arrow, but while actually aiming at our target.

Agreed - maybe a bit more pull back on the bow or something as the animation. But I have a feeling the channeling might be channeling aether into the arrow itself. Also I wonder if this is what skillspeed will be used for or will it be subject to spellspeed.

[Warlyx]

I just wish the animation made more sense. We shouldn't be channeling while reaching for an arrow, but while actually aiming at our target.

hope SE change the animation , we are going to watch our char doing that for hours....

i prefer the "charged/aimed shot" animation , makes more sense




lala archers are cute :P

[Edellis]

I just wish the animation made more sense. We shouldn't be channeling while reaching for an arrow, but while actually aiming at our target.

This is definitely my only issue with WM. I feel like they completely missed an opportunity, would have looked way cooler if they were charging their arrow back.

[Viar]

That's the point. You can't charge into auto-attack under wm the way, say, you can burst Aero II into Aero. You just don't have any auto-attacks while buffed by the song. The song basically makes us a less clunkier caster than a normal BLM/SMN. A crazy trade-in, but should stimulate people to git gud with BRD.

So, as a BRD main, I'd probably avoid using it as much as possible in heavy movement stuff similar to Titan EX, but it's extremely valuable for situations like Garuda EX where you've got all the time in the world to sit back and DPS the hell out of Garuda/other flying monsters.

Oh, but GCD ticking off while the cast is going is a valid point, indeed.

[Viar]

Using SS for that makes no sense. OO Hey, guys, how about a new groundbreaking song that turns a completely irrelevant secondary stat into the new Crit? SkS, on the other hand...

[ruskie]

Using SS for that makes no sense. OO Hey, guys, how about a new groundbreaking song that turns a completely irrelevant secondary stat into the new Crit? SkS, on the other hand...

Well song casts are impacted by SS why I am wondering what else they might add.

[Viar]

Well song casts are impacted by SS why I am wondering what else they might add.

SC for songs. Please, SE.

[pandabearcat]

Breaking channel to autoattack is obviously not the point of the song. They will either make the damage difference include autoattacks, or make them continue during it. If people are doing stutter channeling for dps my money is on they will fix that immediately, because it is not a productive dps mechanic and severely penalizes those with high ping.

My big concern is whether you can bloodletter during the channel.

Since casters cannot do oGCDs while channeling, this is my big fear.

[Shuon]

Wait I'm confused... I was under the impression wm will add a cast time/channeling phase to existing abilities I.e. venom bite will have the cast time, wind bite will have cast time, straight shot will have cast time etc

is that right?

[ruskie]

Wait I'm confused... I was under the impression wm will add a cast time/channeling phase to existing abilities I.e. venom bite will have the cast time, wind bite will have cast time, straight shot will have cast time etc

is that right?

Correct. And will make you a turret basically. Can't move or you lose the cast.

SC for songs. Please, SE.

I soooo want this.