Bard. What if Straight Shot "proc" was not rng?

[Snowaeth]

I think the aggravation that others are having is that BRD is in a really great place compared to pretty much all other DPS jobs - so it seems really petty and pointless to even discuss any modifications.

That said, I like the system as it. Proc's give you that rush of spontaneous choice making. Will Heavy Shot proc into Straighter Shot or not? If it does, what will I do? Do I need to re-up Straight Shot? Should I burn it on Refulgent Arrow? What else do I have coming off cooldown in the next second or two? etc.

Without procs, all you're doing is keeping up two dots, a song, and a self-buff, then hitting your cooldowns. Procs add some life into the rotation. Granted, this is all purely personal preference.

I am indeed not denying that bard is in a fine spot compared to others, especially compared to its role counterpart.
Yes machinist should be looked at, but it's not like all of Square Enix is gonna be looking into Machinist 24/7 and ignoring everything else, changes can happen to multiple jobs simultaneously.
So why should bards not look into their job and see what can be changed/improved, are we supposed to wait until we are in a shit spot, or machinist in a good spot before even making any suggestions, where did this kind of rule come from?

And once again, bard would not loose its proc's.
Songs have their proc's untouched in my suggestion.

As for Refulgent Arrow proc, there is no rush to it. It's a priority system, there is no guessing.
You use your Heavy Shot, you know it can proc RA or not proc RA.
RA has priority over SS/HS, so you know exactly what your next move is if it proc's and what your move is if it does not.
But right now if you get lucky your dps goes through the roof and if you get bad RNG your dps plummets just below acceptable.
You would also get a proper skill for Barrage, unlike this RNG fiesta.