How is this Balanced? (Bard)

[Koltik]

GIF says it all. It's ridiculous giving this much potential to one class.

http://imgur.com/a/p0sm7

[Aviars]

It's just the way the game is played champ. It isn't about wearing down the enemy healers mana, it's about killing them within two seconds. The game is just designed to make healers quit the game rather than try and deal with it. If bard and machinist couldn't global people, then why play them over blm and smn? You just have to accept the way things are and get one shotted with no way to stop it.

edit: I also want to add this is why wolves den at a lvl 60 mode would never work, because it would literally be a game that lasts around a minute or less. The way arena pvp is designed right now can only be justified by how the Feast works.

[DanteValentine]

Brd burst can be handled. sch's, smn's and whm's have virus, there's blind, there's disable, there's also... dun dun dun... Stun. It sucks, yes. But you just have to pay attention to buffs etc.

Edit: Also I suggest having the brd on focus target, not the mnk.

[Dimitrii]

BRD has strong burst yes but that particular GIF that guy just got lucky he crit that Sidewinder along with the Farshot, its not like it happens everytime. Their burst is contingent on having WM up along with their buffs so if you ignore them like that they will of course blast you away no different from a BLM allowed to free cast. If you focus/pressure them to the point of forcing them to drop WM they become very noticeably weak, and all they can do is pad their dmg dealt with garbage numbers while attacking on the run since any burst done without it up will not be anywhere near as deadly. And even if they can burst every 90 seconds every other burst will have to be done without Raging Strikes up. For sidewinder to even have a chance to hit as hard as his did not only does the brd need to put up both dots (and hope the target doesn't cleanse), but then he also has to have raging strikes available on top of hoping it crits. I honestly don't think its that big of a deal. You can nerf it I guess but then there's no point in using BRD anymore. Its similar to DRG in that unlike MNK/BLM/NIN that burst is all the job has going for it. Wanderers paeon is nice and all but if thats all the job brings to the table along with mediocre burst may as well bring something else. Nerf it and ppl will just migrate to another job like MNK or MCH. Its not like the rankings are crawling with a bunch of awesome BRDs anyway the job is actually noticeably absent among the top 100 currently in primal.

Edit: Also I suggest having the brd on focus target, not the mnk.

This guy gets it.

[Koltik]

Brd burst can be handled. sch's, smn's and whm's have virus, there's blind, there's disable, there's also... dun dun dun... Stun. It sucks, yes. But you just have to pay attention to buffs etc.

Edit: Also I suggest having the brd on focus target, not the mnk.

I'm not sure if you watched it or not but.

1) Even if he was disabled then I still would have died. Disable drops 10% dmg, and guess what? In the first clip he did 13364 damage in under a second, and in the second he did 11883 in the same time. It's broken as hell.
2) I have monk on focus and bard on primary to disable on burst, which again doesn't even matter for reasons stated in #1
3) You're asking for the impossible with stuns, smn's virusing, etc, for a group of random people who half the time is filled with new pvpers since SE got the bright idea to change the way match making works.

The fact of the matter is that bards can do more than a full bar of HP in under a second, and the only real way to avoid it is if you manage to attune right as they start casting emp arrow. Good luck doing that reliably, and even if you do you just opened yourself up to be a free LB kill. If they cast it on a party member, say a DRG who is bursting and has b4b up, then it's even more devastating.

[DanteValentine]

3) You're asking for the impossible with stuns, smn's virusing, etc, for a group of random people who half the time is filled with new pvpers since SE got the bright idea to change the way match making works.

Maybe I should of stated this. I'm a SCH. I don't have that much trouble with brds. If I see a brd, I tell my tank, "oh hey, focus target that brd, stun when they pop buffs". BRD is the ONE job that you can actually take away ALL their burst.

And you know, people can surprise you. Make macros.

[Rose-Wild]

It's not like bard burst isn't obvious as hell and can be stun locked or you can cc them or los them or use carnal chill and many more things.

[Koltik]

It's not like bard burst isn't obvious as hell and can be stun locked or you can cc them or los them or use carnal chill and many more things.

Cool. You can also do this vs every other DPS, the difference is that they don't even have the ability to kill you in half a second (MCH excluded, but that's another discussion).

[Rose-Wild]

Yeah those dps also don't become useless after using their burst and hit like a wet noodle for the next 90+ seconds. And DRG can pretty much do the same thing. So does machinist and it's way harder to see it coming or even prevent it.

[SuperZay]

Why are you in Diurnal Sect in PvP? These ASTs are so much easier to kill than Nocturnal shield instaspammers. Suddenly getting Windbyte is the first sign you'll be bursted in a couple of seconds. You'll have Venomous Bite as your last warning and that's when you should top HP, pre-apply shield from Aspected Benefic, and be ready for Essential Dignity, Swiftcast+Benefic II or Lightspeed Benefic spam. Turning on Attunement for a few seconds is also an option, just cancel manually before it expires after the danger is gone.