Buff Bards or Riot

[UltimateAoe2]

weeee. they fixed the RoD/Bloodletter bug.

[Mirakell]

Post #112 really does sum up how most of us are feeling.

We are NOT wanting to be top dps, we never were - but we had reasons before as to why our dps was so low, we had more to offer... now the game has evolved while bard has not.

[Minfillia]

Patch is comming : THANK YOU YOSHI-P

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._bards_minuet/

[Kayote]

Patch is comming : THANK YOU YOSHI-P

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._bards_minuet/

make it easier to switch between stances,

Great ... stance dancing .... joy. Seriously, just let us chain cast, bring back auto-attack (or at least half it rather than remove) and we should be fine. If not, go from there!

/sigh I cant wait for another Archery class already (fat chance considering MCH just came out). We look like clowns half the time and punished for filling a role that doesnt even exist (which other classes have their own flavors of). At this point ill even take a pet class like Ranger just to get away from this mess ... and I hate pets!

[Cakekizy]

I wonder how many ppl didn't even bother doing the new bard job quests.

[Brundlefly]

I wonder how many ppl didn't even bother doing the new bard job quests.

If they want sidewinder they will have to do all of them.

[Solaria_Luna]

I don't know why, but this makes me think of Ley Lines for BLM (it lowers cast time, but have to stand in the middle of it until it disappears). (the BRD songs that keep you in one spot)

After a while that spell became pointless to use (especially with bosses that AOE all over the place...and you need to move to either avoid the damage or at least reduce damage from).

[Nadirah]

I don't know why, but this makes me think of Ley Lines for BLM (it lowers cast time, but have to stand in the middle of it until it disappears). (the BRD songs that keep you in one spot)

After a while that spell became pointless to use (especially with bosses that AOE all over the place...and you need to move to either avoid the damage or at least reduce damage from).

WoW has the same thing with Rune of Power. Stand in or really close to it for a buff.

Except that they let you drop I think it's two of them? And you don't have to be exactly on top of it. For this exact reason. Having to move.

[Reinha]

I just had a horrifying thought. Imagine what it's like for someone (new or veteran) who doesn't visit forums or read patch notes, when they pick up archer for the first time. They level it a few levels, enjoy it and decide to keep going. After dozens of hours, at level 52 they find out that they are no longer the mobile ranger they started as >_<

There really isn't another class that has to suffer that magnitude of a change so late in the leveling process.

[Welsper59]

I just had a horrifying thought. Imagine what it's like for someone (new or veteran) who doesn't visit forums or read patch notes, when they pick up archer for the first time. They level it a few levels, enjoy it and decide to keep going. After dozens of hours, at level 52 they find out that they are no longer the mobile ranger they started as >_<

There really isn't another class that has to suffer that magnitude of a change so late in the leveling process.

Well to their advantage, WM is terrible at 52 and doesn't even come close to no WM until 56. So if they don't want to use it, but still want to do good/better DPS, they don't have to... at least until 60.