I've permanently solved The Wanderer's Minuet problem...

[Gilthas]

WM increases the damage of the old weapon skills, don't pretend that it doesn't do anything to the old abilities.

[tgoodner]

WM increases the damage of the old weapon skills, don't pretend that it doesn't do anything to the old abilities.

That's lovely insight from a player that can't even use Wanderer's Minuet.

The issue many bards have brought to the table is that Straighter shot procs are practically identical to how firestarter procs were in 2.X. You get the proc later then when your next GCD comes up, so it's impossible to maximize damage. Plus, the cast time for abilities is just barely too long to safely double weave, causing even more issues with managing their plethora of cooldowns.

In addition, SE took a completely new route for Job design with the limiting of mobility for "increased" damage. While WM does give a flat 30% DPS gain, it negates Auto-Attacks which was a large portion of Bard dps to begin with (I'd bring up specific examples but using tools such as ACT to give examples is against the Terms of Service).