Thread: Dev Request for 4.0: Get rid of cast bars on phy range

Minuet should've been a song with a cast time that drains MP and buffs the bard until MP is drained or the song is canceled. Like Foe, but for self. It would've been 100% in line with the established play style, wouldn't have gotten in the way of using oGCD and also would've given some new choices to make in the midst of combat. Am I going to be supporting the party any time soon? Will Foe increase party dps more than Minuet? Will this fight last long enough to justify the cast time? And if they wanted to enforce standing still, they could have made the song drain double MP when on the move.

MCH could stay the way it is in my opinion. Its other mechanics allow instant casts while keeping the buff, and I would prefer the job being different from bard if bard is given back its original game play.

Originally Posted by Reinha

Minuet should've been a song with a cast time that drains MP and buffs the bard until MP is drained or the song is canceled.

That would just widen the gap between MCH and BRD and not in a good way, especially when it comes to raids. MCH would become even more favourable because GB would always be better than WM (making MCH the strongest ranged support DPS).

Because WM buffs the BRD's overall damage, that will imply WM drains MP as fast as Foe's does. Given that MP takes awhile to fully regenerate during combat, that's roughly a few minutes of not being able to use Empyreal Arrow and Sidewinder.