Quote Originally Posted by Dyne_Fellpool View Post
Bard: Bard gameplay wasn't originally designed for cast times and plays really clunky with them as a result. This change would accomplish the same thing as the current WM, Allow the Bard to increase its dps if it doesnt move, but without the clunkiness.
That word has a meaning and its not the meaning you are trying to use it for.
Cast times feel fine to me as a bard. So fine, in fact, that I ended up making it my main DPS Job over my Monk which i began ARR on launch as and continue to love.

There is no awkwardness at all with the cast times. At no point in the rotation does it feel weird. In fact, The cast time allows me make minor judgement errors, like thinking i had time for one last Heavy Shot before needing Iron Jaws and realizing halfway through the Heavy Shot cast that i do not actually have the time for it, cancelling the cast and getting a split second Iron Jaws off in the last millisecond of the DoTs.
Without that cast, I'd have been locked into the full 2.5 second recast and i would often screw myself over.

And if your so called "clunkiness" is about Bloodletter, it triggers in 3 second intervals. Cast times are 1.5 seconds and recasts are 2.5. It is literally impossible to miss the Bloodletter procs if you're paying attention and your mythical double procs can't happen because they deal damage at exactly the same time due to Iron Jaws. It used to happen because the damage ticks were skewed a bit because of different application times.

Also,
It would also differentiate gameplay a bit between Bard and Machinist so that they aren't so similar.
Is patently false. Machinist is far less reliant upon Cast times. In fact, the only skill you regularly have a cast time on is Split Shot, needing to only cast Hot Shot and Lead Shot once each per 30 seconds.
Compared to Heavy Shot, Straight Shot (In those off times when you dont get the crit proc), Empyrean Arrow, Iron Jaws as well as Singing in general, which are are all rotational and used constantly.

So no, going back to all instant Bard will actually make Bard feel MORE like Machinist, not less.

Bard Rant is over. Sorry.

Good lord, was your entire OP a thinly veiled "Remove WM" Thread? I ask because aside from Benediction(We do kind of need the animation to play quicker), none of your other suggestions make any kind of sense.
In what universe would Storms Eye being stronger than Butchers Block be a good idea? You would be forced to use it for DPS regardless of the presence of others to apply the debuff.
Royal Authority is your Paladin DPS route in the same way Souleater is the DRK DPS route. It sucks that we get it at 60, But you're forced to make a choice between raw damage and enmity/debuffs, Thats a good thing, ALL the tanks do this. Also, i can hold a solid Enmity lead with my PLDs i180 sword over i200+ DPS in my full VIT set while also using RA liberally, Enmity is not a problem.

Also, misleading thread title is misleading. Please do not do that, at the very least include a "Wishlist for ____" instead of trying to trick people into thinking your wishlist is an actual set of patch notes.