Thread: What are you hopeful for in 3.2?

Originally Posted by Rowyne

• Bard rework. Please return Bard to the fun, mobile class it was before Heavensward. We already have Machinist if people want the option to sacrifice mobility for more DPS. We don't need two cookie-cutter classes. I'm sad that people have stopped playing because they feel the class they loved is now ruined.

am i the only 1 who still mains as bard and enjoys the changes they made?? i prefer bard the way it is now compared to b4 HW considering minuets can be turned on and off pretty fast we can still be mobile for fights that require alot of dodging o.o

Originally Posted by Rowyne

[LIST][*]Bard rework. Please return Bard to the fun, mobile class it was before Heavensward. We already have Machinist if people want the option to sacrifice mobility for more DPS. We don't need two cookie-cutter classes. I'm sad that people have stopped playing because they feel the class they loved is now ruined.

I use to main bard but I disliked the new cast timers since what brought me to the job is that I played mostly mages up to that point. It felt great to leave behind cast timers and be free moving around the field. After the changes I leveled a black mage to 60 and now it's my main. I do like it better mostly because despite cast timers it stayed true to the job in HW. Bard just felt like it lost its identity for me.

Two stances for Bard?

Harp Stance - Support Stance, stationary, boosts all songs and support skills, harp in hand, harp only animations, songs and party buff skills only.

Bow Stance - DPS Stance, mobile, boosts attack skills, bow in hand (as is the default now), bow only animations, attacks and self buffs only.

All that would be fun.

Originally Posted by Spawnie

am i the only 1 who still mains as bard and enjoys the changes they made?? i prefer bard the way it is now compared to b4 HW considering minuets can be turned on and off pretty fast we can still be mobile for fights that require alot of dodging o.o

Minutes can be turned off ya, but it has a cooldown which makes it a dumb thing to turn off as you have to wait even longer to have access to both Empyreal Arrow and Iron Jaws, the two most useful skills in the class. The class needs a rework plain and simple, we don't do the damage of a Black Mage or Summoner, there was no reason to even turn the class into a caster in the first place.

It is wishful think but I would love a revamp to Machinist into it becoming closer to what was originally promised being a class that get little special bonuses to the attacks with Ammo used rather than just simple boost chance for 123 combo.

Example:
Split shot - ammo effect: Shattered Armor (debuff) - increase damage taken by 5% for 30 seconds (stacks over Valnurability).

Slug Shot - ammo effect: Wounded Arm (debuff) - decrease enemy's damage by 5% for 10 seconds.

Clean Shot - Ammo effect: Double damage

Lead Shot - Ammo effect: add 50% chance for condition damage effect to hit a 2nd time each condition click.

Hot Shot - Ammo Effect: Burning Wound (condition) - damage over time: 50 potency Duration: 30 seconds

The major thing that I want in 3.2, is for them to ensure that with the addition of the new materia system, that it is easy for all the materia to be obtained, only because I dont want it to be another restriction that people will use, that each person must have their gear melded with this many of X,Y,Z materia and this gear needs A,D and B materia...