Bard Performance Feedback

[AltarisSol]

My wife and I are returning players. Her main is a bard and to our surprise a new feature was added called "Performance". We have some feedback. Not sure if I am putting this post in the right place, but it's the best I can find.

I read some news that performance was a mistake. Meaning there have been a lot of challenges with copy rights, banning and such and the development team regrets it.

My wife, and I am sure plenty of others, are not musicians nor musically inclined in the real world but like the idea of performing for others. So with the new performance feature that leaves her not able to role play her character and perform anything even remotely decent as I believe the intention for the system was to provide. But you have to have some music background to do so. Initially we were excited but this system is overly complex implementation if you ask me and anyone not musically inclined can't really play anything. If I had to guess the larger part of the FFXIV population and even less of those that are bards can't play music with this system with any kind of success, or decent sounds.

Here is our recommendation.
- Change the performance system so you can only use the orchestration scrolls you have acquired in game.
- Then allow the bard to select the instrument to play and then select one of the orchestration scrolls they own as the song you wish to perform.
- The character would then perform that song from the orchestration scroll.
- Allow the bard some variants of the song by perhaps giving them the ability to change octave, tone, or speed in which they want to play that song. Maybe perhaps add in a tone or two live while the song is being played.

Benefits,
- To us this would simplify the system allowing even players who are not musically inclined in real life to perform with their character.
- Eliminate any copy right issues because you would control what songs can be played.
- Encourage bard to collect orchestration scrolls, perhaps add quests to learn and get them so they can have a larger library of songs to play.

I don't really see a downside other than some would be disappointed they can't actually play their own song. The few that are musically inclined.

Well we hope this reaches the dev or project team. It would sure be a nice add. If so, Thanks for your time and listening to our community.