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

[Snowaeth]

While I think your suggested change probably too powerful if we don't nerf potencies elsewhere, I agree with the base sentiment that Refulgent Arrow interaction at the moment is somewhat aggravating at times.

As of now, Bard has the biggest amount of RNG layers out of all classes; the increased Crit Rate over the expansion will alleviate the issue to a degree, but there is no way to externally affect Straighter Shot rate aside from arranging your rotation in a way that allows you to do more Heavy Shots in general.

Personally I would suggest these:
1.) Make Straighter Shot Proc progressive; the base chance starts at 10%, but each consecutive Heavy Shot increases the chance by extra 10%. Reset after succesful usage of RA.
2.) Make Empyreal Arrow also proc your next used Heavy Shot, allowing an interaction of EA->HS->Barrage+RA on a more consistent basis.
3.) Make Army's Paeon stacks increase the rate of RA procs.

I think on a larger scale a bigger problem is our dependance on Piercing debuff only shared by the DRG at the moment, but giving Quality of Life improvements into RA procs would make the gameplay somewhat more healthy and consistent.

I think these leave bard alone never change it!!! comments suffer from hyperbole. I don't think the OP never meant to change the class dynamic as a whole, what is being suggested is alternative interactions to a somewhat inconsistent class gimmick that affects your personal DPS by a noticable margin.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for being one of the few to actually understand what this is about and giving some good ideas on the topic.
Literally flooded with non (lvl 70) bards in here that give feedback on the job without even (really) playing the class.
On top of it most of the feedback summed up is, "brd's fine, how dare you suggest tweaking it in any way shape or form."