Bard LB feedback

[Terhix]

I've been playing a lot of BRD in Diamond recently (ranked from Gold to Diamond on Bard), and while I think the Job is overall quite good, I feel like the LB is really holding it back.

The main issue I see is that LB charge mechanic only happens after everybody else has already dumped their LBs in the game. The other class I'm aware of that has such ridiculously long charge time for LB is PLD, and where PLD can stall enemy advance against the odds, for BRD LB to be effective your whole team has to be alive and around you, which means you were already winning or at very least deadlocked without the BRD LB, and casting it just there to help secure the win as you push the crystal forward. It's useful, for sure, but it hardly feels impactful.

Another job that has the same charge LB mechanic is AST with The Spire outside of LB. This means that, unlike BRD, a team with AST can have all of their LBs ready first, which is a massive advantage in early game, and it continues to be an advantage as the game drags on. Like BRD, AST also has an LB that buff allies, with a buff that's shorter but more impactful (30% damage and mitigiation that gradually fades over 15 seconds), making it better suited to the burst nature of the game than the more toned down 30s long buff that BRD provides.

I'd suggest that BRD as support dps should be able to charge party LB meters constantly like AST does (perhaps put the effect on Apex Arrow, or Blast Arrow to not have the same uptime), and have the BRD LB be just a shorter recharge rate, plain damage buff for the party that does more for the BRD itself, like grant faster charges on Empyrean Arrow, grant a free Repertoire every 5 seconds or so, or at very least let the BRD have the same damage buff it gives to everyone else.