Thread: OFFICIAL Path 3.01 BARD/MCH Feedback thread

I for one is very happy with the changes, no longer am I struggling to keep up on the aggro list, and though the potency for two of skills were decreased the 10% boost to WM now making it a 30% boost overall greatly makes up for the lost. People are complaining about the lost mobility , and maybe its me but I fail to see this "Lost of mobility" I run around just fine and avoid AoEs and still prance around like a mad man even when I'm under the effect of this stance. I like the strategic element this stance brings to our class. Guys were still BRDs we just have an optional stance its not for every situation thus why it is "situational at best" and thus why you toggle in and out of this stance as you see fit. (This was especially made easier with the cast time now instant). This skill is now a main part of our class, so don't expect The Dev team to just remove all their hard Work because people are complaining that we can't move when we can. Our cast time is now where as long as a BLM.

I have played a little bit with the new Gauss Barrel yesterday... In expert roulette, AoE damage was... awesome. Huge improvement on that, it was incredible.
On solo target dps, i've been "stance switching", and dps was overall better than before the patch, whatever I did. Now, just need to figure out the best way to handle GB... I guess it might be full GB, and switch it off during avoid/movement phase to keep dpsing while blm/smn just move and spam low potency spells. AH !

I'm happy with the changes to Bards. Instant cast WM and a further boost to attack power is pretty much all I wanted! The big potency reduction for Sidewinder is a shame, but overall we're in a much better position than before.

Not an expert of BRD/MCH, but entertain me a bit on this idea:
What if you introduce positionals to BRD/MCH? (pause to dodge furnitures being thrown by outraged ppl...)
WAIT! LET ME ELABORATE...you'll do higher potencies when hitting WS from certain positions roughly equivalent to the dmg buff with WM/GB on (maybe lower since you'll still have your auto-attacks) AND the positional dmg bonus does not stack with WM/GB buff. BRD/MCH still retains WM/GB mechanics, which means you can CHOOSE (and it will be truly between 2 GOOD CHOICES) whether to play as a stationary 'caster DPS' with WM/GB on OR a mobile DPS with WM/GB off (pre-HW) and still be able to do comparable amount of dps.
It won't be OP as if you're standing further away from mob, you will need to walk further than melee to reach your optimum positions and if you decide to stand close like melee you'll 'suffer' the same consquence as the melee dps so it would still be 'balanced' in a way.
Just a silly thought maybe?

Originally Posted by Waliel

What is needed is the ability to mount your choco and shoot while mounted, while running in circles around all those lesser jobs.

The majority of BRDs don't care about the mobility loss. It's that the WM playing style does not suit the sheer number of oGCD abilities BRD have. Toggling off WM to move is fine, toggling off WM to weave in oGCDs is counterproductive yet is how we are forced to play right now to keep everything on CD. (So that's toggling off your damage buff to fire off damaging abilities or use other buffs, totally makes sense)