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

[Snowaeth]

But what you suggested is a buff. Right now bards have a 20% chance to proc refulgent arrow. So a 1 in 5. In an ideal world of averages you would get a proc every 5 heavy shots. What you want is a proc every 3 heavy shots. Also, classes should be balanced in relation to each other. Bards currently significantly outperforms its sister class - it is easy to see why people are upset with what you are asking. You would also need to consider how having a guaranteed system would effect raid dps. If a bard can guarantee refulgent arrow proc, then the best will line them up with raid buffs etc leading to an even bigger increase in dps. I don't personally have a problem with refulgent arrow having a guaranteed system. It just means it would need to have a potency drop from 300 to 250.

Yes it would result into a buff if implemented without potency changes.
The reason why I suggest 3 instead of 5 hits to mimic the current 20% rate is, because right now you always have the chance to proc it and delaying it to 5 would loose the fun of it more so.
And yes if it's every 3 it would come paired with a potency loss either to RA itself or another place, I'm pretty sure I mentioned that.

The important part imo is to look at fun/game-play first though and tweaking potencies to acceptable numbers afterward.
Not letting potency numbers get in the way of improved mechanics, since you can always tweak numbers to end up at the same total dps done afterward.