Quote Originally Posted by Beddict View Post
Because it's garbage seeing Bloodletter refresh itself at the same time you hit Empyreal Arrow, pissing away a 150 Potency proc. Losing DPS does not feel good, and there's a whole lot of lost DPS because Bloodletter doesn't have charges. As for Empyreal Arrow, charges would smooth out the end of Army's Paeon. It's not unusual to have Empyreal Arrow coming off cooldown around a GCD before Wanderer's Minuet comes off cooldown. When that happens, do you use Empyreal Arrow the moment it comes off cooldown at the end of Army's Paeon where it only exists to give you 5 Soul Voice, or do you drift Empyreal Arrow by a GCD so you can Empyreal Arrow the moment you enter Wanderer's Minuet for an instant Pitch Perfect stack? Obviously, it's better to let it sit for a GCD so you can take advantage of the stronger proc in Wanderer's Minuet. If Empyreal Arrow had charges then there wouldn't be a problem at the end of Army's Paeon. Army's Paeon would be nearly over, you get a charge of Empyreal Arrow, and then you can safely go into Wanderer's Minuet as the second charge counts down. No wasted proc at the end of Army's Paeon, no drifting the cooldown of Empyreal Arrow, just a nice and easy transition.

That's why people want charges, to smooth out the kinks in the kit and prevent BRD from hemorrhaging DPS all over the damn place, especially during Mage's Ballad.
I also have a small peeve about Bloodletter and it's the animation... I wonder if it had a cast time back in the day or something like that, but the slow animation looks like you're charging something to shoot and it really looks awkward with a reactive oGCD ability.