Buff Bards or Riot

[codofwisdom]

Hmm I'm looking under PF and DF and in the Help files for that Support role but I can't find it. Would you point out where that Support role is for me? Tbh all I'm seeing is Tank, Healer and DPS

Why aren't there just 3 classes then?
Maybe it's because people want classes which have different focuses?
Maybe it's because some people don't want the pressure of healing, the strategy of tank, and didn't want to be a run of the mill DPS?
Sorry if I offend by not wanting to be judged solely by how big my numbers are.

[LaylaTsarra]

I suspect SE is collecting data on which actions are being used (assuming that is a possibility) and my suspicion is that a lot of bards have tried it but gave up on it. I know personally I have. I main as a black mage and I don't need my bard to be one too.

[Cakekizy]

Everyone keeps talking about bards dps being crappy because we move around so much, but in my experience it's the healers that hop around like hyperactive rabbits.

[Luvbunny]

Everyone keeps talking about bards dps being crappy because we move around so much, but in my experience it's the healers that hop around like hyperactive rabbits.

OK this is something I do not get at all.... Unless there is AOE every 2 seconds, most of the time you DO NOT move in the battlefield AT ALL. You pretty much stand still, press your rotation, and move in between. You only move if there are tons of ground AOE, or directional AOE, etc..

[Vespar]

While Bard may have support abilities to buff mages, we dont have much in the way of buffing melee types save Army's Paeon. Which only restores TP (but lowers our dmg anyways so its actually a trade off anyways)

Wanderer's Minuet is a huge DPS loss regardless of whether we are moving or not. Which is counter-productive to what it's tooltip says its supposed to do.

Personally, I wouldn't mind having something similar to Foe's but for buffing melee. SE could even make it extend only to party members but not self.

[Lyaha]

Actually wouldn't mind that, but they'd have to buff some of our (preferably new) abilities to make up for it.