Holy Effing Bard!!

[Malzian]

Dont forget Battle Voice.

It may not be Crit hit.. but Direct Hit is kinda similar if I recall what Yoshi-P said about it in live letter.

This will up the damage, yes, but the Proc only occurs on Crits. This would make each proc hurt more but won't give you more procs.

[Vespar]

This will up the damage, yes, but the Proc only occurs on Crits. This would make each proc hurt more but won't give you more procs.

True. I can see why they dropped some of the buffs potency for things like Raging Strikes though. Since each song gives the same 2% crit rate bonus and it seems like we selectively rotate through those songs for the other effects, we can keep that 2% crit up for quite a while.

[MomomiMomi]

Because we also get this:

So Troubadour will essentially let us buff the song currently in effect.

That's still not magey. Strange to still call it that. Hope they change the name.

[Malzian]

True. I can see why they dropped some of the buffs potency for things like Raging Strikes though. Since each song gives the same 2% crit rate bonus and it seems like we selectively rotate through those songs for the other effects, we can keep that 2% crit up for quite a while.

Yeah, that's definitely a very good change. I'm very much looking forward to playing my BRD in SB now.

[Yallaid]

Ahh, but we only have Rain of Blood available 1/3 of the time now, only when under Mage's Ballad. Looks like Wanderer's will proc a different kind of super Bloodletter, which is cool though.

I just hope I get to go back to the days of 2 or 3 Bloodletter procs during gcd, that's the feeling that always made BRD shine for me in 2.x, imo

[Malzian]

Ahh, but we only have Rain of Blood available 1/3 of the time now, only when under Mage's Ballad. Looks like Wanderer's will proc a different kind of super Bloodletter, which is cool though.

I just hope I get to go back to the days of 2 or 3 Bloodletter procs during gcd, that's the feeling that always made BRD shine for me in 2.x, imo

Yeah, the procs only occur Mage's Ballad, however in Paeon you get increased damage with fast GCDs and auto attacks as you get Repertoire stacks so your DPS will still increase. Also, Empyreal arrow can be used twice during every song and forces a proc of either a stack, a Bloodletter reset or trigger Perfect Pitch in Minuet. All in all, BRD gets a LOT of DPS boost from these changes.

[Iromi]

I love these changes, it finally should feel like a support class. Only been waiting for this since they took it away since 1.23b!

[Adventica6]

I don't personally play bard but these changes look really good along with no cast times besides doing song stuff.

Glad bards are actually bards now.

[vp_cmc]

no cast times besides doing song stuff.

1st post screenshots - Cast Instant.

[ZhaneX]

Nerf to Foes is kinda sad.