Thread: Changes I would like to see in 3.15 Patch Notes

Originally Posted by Sylve

That said, I do think Bloodletter needs to have "Charges" instead of a flat cooldown with the River of Blood proc adding a charge rather than replacing the cooldown. The charges would recover on their own at the same rate BL currently does, but it would essentially allow the River of Blood to give us 2 uses of Bloodletter (3 if it happens at the same moment Bloodletter naturally resets) if we get lucky enough that both DoTs crit AND trigger. Place a cap on the charges or a duration on them so you can't prestack or save up dozens of shots.

I think that'd pretty much eliminate the one 'bugbear' Bard currently suffers.

Just a small note: DoT timers already occurred simultaneously prior to having IJ. IJ hasn't increased BL waste. Only using WM poorly (not keeping track of our the 3-second tick timer compared to offset + GCD + x oGCDs) has made any changes in regards to BL waste. The charge suggestion, if it were to take advantage of simultaneous procs, could easily increase our BL dps by an additional half our crit rate x # of double-dotted targets. If the same were applied to Rain of Death, it could well become an AoE king...

Moreover, even if it didn't take advantage of simultaneous procs, instead simply allowing for a bit more leeway, is that really something we want? At worst it would take away from the constant decision checks of WM Bard, and at best it would simply delay them those decisions by a GCD + 1.5 oGCDs. (This would let you use CDs in a more prompt manner, but unless you proc a Straighter Shot that GCD, you're still going to lose a BL or have to clip GCD on the next.)

Apart from making up for lost uptime on a melee (where rotations are finally not perfectly consistent), I typically find Bard the physical dps class of those I've leveled (all but MCH) that takes the most effort, or at least consciousness, to maximize the dps of, but I like it that way.