BRD 4.06 changes

[lockey_breezewalker]

I was happy with the straight shot buff so its on a similar timer with our dots, but a buff to barrage too?

*Start doing the moonlift dance*

[Phileas]

Thank god that straight shot duration is buffed. So annoying that timer was not in line with song.

80 sec barrage so it lines up with raging strikes yaaaass!

[Kwoon]

Nice bit of QoL right there. I'm pretty happy with a job tweak for once =p

[Lyrai_Celestine]

Now Straight Shot is less of a hurdle to keep up? I might as well come back to BRD... or try MCH too. :3
It's much harder to decide now that MCH's buffs look amazing on paper.

[Galborion]

Changes are really nice. Cool. Now lets us benefit also from 2% crit of our own ballads.

[Heimdalgc]

Now Straight Shot is less of a hurdle to keep up? I might as well come back to BRD... or try MCH too. :3
It's much harder to decide now that MCH's buffs look amazing on paper.

They do?

I think it's pathetic. Bard is still waaaaaay better

[AmandaLashaquoa]

I agree with Heimdalgc, the MCH changes were almost pathetic; BRD is now even better and fully aligned <3

[Cetonis]

MCH changes basically completed their transformation into 3.x Summoner, while 4.x Summoner lives in to-be-determined land. Numerically they should be fine, with MCH vs. BRD decisions hinging on party comp basically, as well as fight design.

On the BRD changes, we're actually a little more like MCH now where we want to more or less strictly adhere to an i.e. (SS - WM - HS - RS+EA - HS) transition every 80-85s, whereas before you might place RS more flexibly and Barrage was just out in the wilderness somewhere. The SS change was pretty needed to lighten up the timer salad a bit, and if I recall they actually said that was coming (or alluded to it at least) a while ago but didn't pull the trigger on it for 4.05.

[MelvinK]

I dont fully agree with people suggesting that extending straight shot buff to 30sec will align all the dots as a major BRD quality of life change. This is only true in the opener and not other time if u r playing BRD at highest skill ceiling level. U still need prematurely refresh dots based on what buffs u get from the party especially chain strategem, battle litany, the spear etc.. and this cause disalignment with straight shot and dots duration. So i dont really see this as quality of life change. However i do agree this change BRD rotation to be slightly smoothier because less straight shot spam mean more room for other GCD skills and this minimize the occurrence where u have both straight shot and dots on low duration.

[lulunami]

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The increased buff timer on Straight Shot will probably help reduce the situations where you have Reflugent Arrow proc but have to refresh Straight Shot. Plus it is potentially 10 more seconds to use Heavy Shot and hope to get Reflugent Arrow.