I can understand Bard songs no longer being tied to DoTs anymore due to issues with downtime mechanics and that it just makes more sense, thematically, but why did they have to change Sidewinder so that it's just a bland ability to press off cooldown? As it stands now, the only reward for maintaining your DoTs properly is not losing DPS. There was no reason to change it. Even if the maximum damage was still only 300, that feeling of reward would still remain.

Given this direction, I am honestly afraid Bard's DoTs are gonna get taken away. Part of what made me love Bard was being rewarded for timing Iron Jaws correctly with empowered abilities. It really is a shame. All of the other changes to the job were incredible, and then there's this.