Bard and how to fix it.

[Snowaeth]

Anyone that can read Japanese able to check what concerns they'r bringing up on the JP side of the forum after the WM change happened?

[Kayote]

I think its ok as is, honestly. If anything, our DPS still needs a little work so maybe just give us back our freakin Auto Attacks. It doesnt make any sense that we have a new special stance but we cant just shoot a basic arrow shot off.

Before any self-loathing, support wanna-be Bards out there start with the "oh but we'd be OP" ... no we wouldnt, we're DPS, not support. We should be useful all of the time, not just in bad groups. Even IF somehow our two measly buff songs (that can be done by other classes with no penalty) is OP, then its the songs that need to be nerfed, while our DPS brought to par.

As for the other stuff im on the non-issue side of things. The oGCD window allows for 1 now instead of 2, doesnt mean its broken or bad, just different. So long as our DPS is good its simply a slightly different rotation than what we had before.

MAYBE fix the Straighter Shot procs to pop up sooner so we can see it quicker but even thats just being picky IMO. Its a 10 second buff on a 20% RNG with Heavy Shot. More than enough time to use it, and the chances of actually missing one is fairly low considering. Not really something to lose sleep over.

[Snowaeth]

I think its ok as is, honestly. If anything, our DPS still needs a little work so maybe just give us back our freakin Auto Attacks. It doesnt make any sense that we have a new special stance but we cant just shoot a basic arrow shot off.

Before any self-loathing, support wanna-be Bards out there start with the "oh but we'd be OP" ... no we wouldnt, we're DPS, not support. We should be useful all of the time, not just in bad groups. Even IF somehow our two measly buff songs (that can be done by other classes with no penalty) is OP, then its the songs that need to be nerfed, while our DPS brought to par.

As for the other stuff im on the non-issue side of things. The oGCD window allows for 1 now instead of 2, doesnt mean its broken or bad, just different. So long as our DPS is good its simply a slightly different rotation than what we had before.

MAYBE fix the Straighter Shot procs to pop up sooner so we can see it quicker but even thats just being picky IMO. Its a 10 second buff on a 20% RNG with Heavy Shot. More than enough time to use it, and the chances of actually missing one is fairly low considering. Not really something to lose sleep over.

I agree that it's all playable the way it currently is.
But do you find that it flows smoothly?

I mean we had a job where literally everything flowed well together except maybe quad barrage which never felt like it was meant to be there in the first place anyway.
They copy paste a skill on top of our kit for the sake of balance and suddenly there are these little bumps at every step of the rotation, which we never had before.

I am not saying it's unplayable, but I sure would enjoy playing it much more if the rotation had the streamlined flow back to it.
Some of the issues I mentioned, like flaming arrow being slow to register, always been there, but they do become more apparent when you shorten the time we have to use our OGCD's just that little bit more where it becomes an annoyance rather than a minor inconvenience.

[Aiselia]

maybe just give us back our freakin Auto Attacks.

I'd rather they just remove the inherent 10% less weapon damage and at least equalize the weapons across all classes.

Heck, I'd be fine if they then bumped the penalty for playing songs to 25% to compensate for the whole "support" thing even if I think the punishment itself isn't necessary due to the practical effect limit of the songs.