Why Don’t You Tank Poll

[HyoMinPark]

I haven't played BRD since 2.0. And I know this is the job that has probably went through the most changes. So I have little knowledge of how it plays now, outside of what you just said. If that is the case, that you need to get all these DoTs up ASAP then why the hell isn't an ability like Diversion an option in Role Actions for Bards?! Or any sort of enmity negating/reducing ability...they really have none? Surprising.

Trust me, I’ve been asking myself that since they took away my Quelling Strikes. ;-; BRD/MCH have Refresh/Tactician, which dump your aggro, but they are only useful basically right when you’re about to rip hate or after you’ve ripped it—not to mention, they should be used first and foremost for support, even though I use Refresh particularly offensively in my static for Foe’s uptime. Considering BRDs can break 8k~9k in their opening burst, it makes it particularly difficult on an unsuspecting/undergeared tank, or if there’s no NIN around for Shadewalker. Never forget when I was pugging a V4S, ripped hate off of my static’s WAR because our NIN was subbing in on WHM, and Exdeath immediately turned around and just murdered me. Lol

As for the DoTs, yes, SaitoHikari is correct. The song procs are directly linked to critical DoT ticks, so BRDs are generally recommended to DoT 3~4 mobs in order to keep the procs flowing, especially while in Mage’s Ballad, since the old River of Blood trait was built into that song instead of remaining standalone. For Army’s, is to reach the 4 Repertoire stacks faster to get our little haste buff for more Quick Nock spam; and in Minuet, it’s for spamming 2-stack Pitch Perfects. :3



As for the poll, I selected that it’s “too stressful”, and I feel the need to specify why—mostly, I constantly worry about my own performance, so that stresses me out. I always worry “Am I pulling too much? Too little? Am I rotating my CDs efficiently enough?”, and I dislike how, the moment something goes wrong, blame tends to either land on the tank or the healer, even when it’s not their fault. I don’t mind tanking from an OT stance in 8-mans or 24-mans, but I get quite a bit of tank-xiety in 4-man or MT situations.