Please consider changing Gauss Barrel/Wanderer's Minuet

[reality_check]

It completely destroyed everything I loved about playing bard/machinist. The freedom to be mobile was what made ranged jobs for me in FFXIV.

It feels so clunky the way it works now.

I know there's a lot of negative feedback going around these forums about Machinist and Bard. I'm not asking for a buff for it, but please just consider bringing back the flavour to what made Bard (and now machinist) so unique. Losing the mobility has completely ruined the job for me.

[Wavaryen]

I am going to like this, and agree with you.

To me they broke the number one game design rule. Don't change a class so much that it does not have the same flavor as before in a expansion.

Yes, there is a option to not use it, but with the buff changes coming, you will be hurting yourself more not to do it.


Instead of adding on to the class, and making the flavor of that class stronger, they changed the fun of the class and made it into this. Sure many people will find it fun, but I am mostly talking about myself and if I wanted a caster type. I would not be playing a bard.

[Malevicton]

Brd is at risk of becoming the new forum Smn if y'all keep posting all these identical threads.

[Atlaworks]

Brd is at risk of becoming the new forum Smn if y'all keep posting all these identical threads.

Summoner eventually got fixed and is in an incredibly good spot now. Your words are encouraging if anything.

[Malevicton]

Summoner eventually got fixed and is in an incredibly good spot now. Your words are encouraging if anything.

The reasonable parts got fixed. the "Titan looks like a chicken nugget need 8 more egi and carbuncle" threads lead to nothing.

Maybe a glamour system in the future, but even if we assume forum spam led to the changes (lol) it doesn't make it less spammy and annoying.

[Atlaworks]

The reasonable parts got fixed. the "Titan looks like a chicken nugget need 8 more egi and carbuncle" threads lead to nothing.

Maybe a glamour system in the future, but even if we assume forum spam led to the changes (lol) it doesn't make it less spammy and annoying.

I don't care if my gauss attachment looks like a robotic metroid, I'd just like it to not hurt my damage output. All Bards and Machinists are asking for are the reasonable parts. Right now my gun may as well BE loaded with chicken nuggets given all the damage I do with it.

By the way, will never look at titan egi the same now.

Can we like remove the new positionals from Ninja while we are at it?

Doesn't break your class in half like Gauss or Minuet. Ninjas are doing fine, other than having a pretty bland set of new skills. I'm actually pretty cool with ninjas not being entirely stationary because it doesn't make any sense.

Besides, it's not like you have to dance at monk levels anyway. A Machinist can(And will have to) manage their skills perfectly to do... less damage than a ninja would if they missed those positionals in the first place.

[Destomius]

Brd is at risk of becoming the new forum Smn if y'all keep posting all these identical threads.

Ironic because SMN turned out to be the best ranged DPS

[Malevicton]

Ironic because SMN turned out to be the best ranged DPS

already been said and responded too

[Linadae]

Brd is at risk of becoming the new forum Smn if y'all keep posting all these identical threads.

Hey it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

[Lisotte]

I'm not sure I want to continue playing Bard with the whole WM thing. If they buff the damage to be comparable to other jobs I might.

But seriously though, the idea of a job that can freely move and always get almost all of its damage 95% of the time sounds kinda broken to me.