Thread: 3.1 Balance/QoL Request Megathread

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Bard/Machinist

Please reduce Gauss Barrel/Wanderer's Minuets' recasts to 10 seconds.

I know popping in & out of those stances should be a conscious decision but 15s is overly long IMO.


Machinist

Take the potency off of Blank Shot (the knockback) & reduce the CD of Reload to 45 seconds as compensation.

This would do wonders. Not only would this mean we wouldn't need to use it to up our DPS (less harassment in Dungeons/PVE = win-win), it'd also mean that Reload lines up with every other Wildfire (much smoother gameplay).

Also, please enhance a number of MCH's animations/visuals... Gauss Round, Heartbreak, & Wildfire in particular.

I know the class isn't meant to be incredibly flashy but it's too underwhelming at the moment. A tracer visual to the Rook Autoturret attack would be awesome too & easy to design/implement.

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Originally Posted by Geardagas

BARD

Increase potency on some attacks.

I understand we're a support class and that our DPS should be naturally lower, but our support simply isn't strong enough to warrant a DPS gap this significant.

I don't know where it got lost in the ether, but your foe rec alone can add a lot of DPS. It's up to the casters in your group to actually be good and utilize that tool to the max (its not an instant for sure massive DPS boost), but you're severely under appreciating how much DPS you can add with just that one song.

Originally Posted by Clarkamite

I don't know where it got lost in the ether, but your foe rec alone can add a lot of DPS. It's up to the casters in your group to actually be good and utilize that tool to the max (its not an instant for sure massive DPS boost), but you're severely under appreciating how much DPS you can add with just that one song.

~6%-7% Magic damage increased, ~13%-14% using Battle Voice.

Originally Posted by Clarkamite

I'm not sure what this adds to what I said.

I'm simply stating that the increase from a timely and well placed Foe Rec is really massive. Assuming your casters don't suck. Mathematically speaking, sure if those are the numbers then great but 6-7% seems to be making it sound smaller than it really is like in practice. It can make all the difference on actual parse numbers is my point and therefore Bard's utility is not as small as was implied.

Foe Requiem adds between 6% and 7% damage magic, for every magic skill used, mathematically speaking and in practice. If You think that 6%-7% is a "massive amount of damage increases" I don't agree with You. If Battle Voice is active, every magic spell is increased by 13%-14%, mathematically speaking and in practice. You can test it, or You can follow your "intuition", like You prefer. I tested it, but I can be wrong.

Originally Posted by Clarkamite

I don't know where it got lost in the ether, but your foe rec alone can add a lot of DPS. It's up to the casters in your group to actually be good and utilize that tool to the max (its not an instant for sure massive DPS boost), but you're severely under appreciating how much DPS you can add with just that one song.

I agree, but it's not like we can magically make casters appear. No BLM or SMN in your group, none of that matters. It's out of our control.

Originally Posted by Geardagas

I agree, but it's not like we can magically make casters appear. No BLM or SMN in your group, none of that matters. It's out of our control.

I think the fact that they gave bards that ability is what makes their DPS lower. It's SE's way of encouraging there to be a caster in each group. There's a really small chance a group is going to bring a Bard and then three physical DPS. And even in that case the utility of bringing Paeon to the table at the very least makes it so your melee don't run dry which would be a bigger DPS loss than the amount it lowers the Bard.

- Lower cast time of Fire IV and Blizzard IV
- Lower potency of Fire IV and Blizzard IV to sync up with Lowered Cast Times.
- Give a buff to cast while on the go. (reasonable cool down)
- No GCD on Thunder proc's.