4th Range DPS idea after endwalker

[Jirah]

what your asking is pretty much what i would want yoshi p to do to separate bard and machinist, bard should be musical and machinist should use the machines, Archer and Gunner goes separate still though i really wish a 4th class could use Guns for real like Laguna.

Food for thought, BRD/MCH/GNR/ARC cannot exist solely on their own. It’s a miracle DNC can with how few skills it has without it being named like Rune Dancer or Be combined with another job like MNK. They are simply far too shallow which is the issue with MCH currently as it has no gunner motif anymore. When it did the devs had zero faith about the ammunition and barrel mechs.

I for one would love to hear anyone suggesting mechanics and 18-23 skills and a coherent skill spread on a basic concept as gunner without going mad. The very very few I’ve read just seems like copy pasts of other jobs. And that’s what numbs me to these dum requests. None of the suggestion are worth a job slot. Rather than demand a job with a more gunner appeal maybe ask why the hell does MCH not have any?

[aveyond-dreams]

Bard has been a standalone job in many games, all you need to do is -check this out- add musical abilities that deal damage:

FFV - Requiem, a song that deals massive damage to undead enemies

FF Dimensions - Dire Dirge, a song that deals damage depending how low HP you have

FFXI (and XIV) - Foe Requiem, in its original FFXI version where its a dot

FFXI's line of Threnody songs, could easily be reworked as dots/damaging abilities

FFXI has other lines of songs that are way too lengthy to list here, all they need to do is pick a few names and turn them into damaging abilities. Radiant Finale is a step in the right direction, but I would prefer to see Bard have its archery aspect shifted to another job.

Link to all of FFXI's Bard abilities: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki...al_Fantasy_XI)