job balancing discussion (1.22a-hotfix)

[AlphaDragoon]

Monk and Dragoon mega buffed. I'm freaking happy.

[Eagleheart]

I am astonished at the quantity of posters in this thread that are under the impression that Bard was somehow subpar DD.

Perhaps I keep getting lucky with my Bards, because the Bards I've partied with have often beaten out melee for DPS, sometimes by a very wide margin. (o.0 ) I am not sure where people get the idea that Bard is lacking.

Really SE? I leveled Archer not to be Bard. Fine you made it into a bard and then you made it that only one song can be active at a time unless you have 2 or more bards in the party. And now this crap. Seriously give us a ranged DD job and a pure support job. Ranger in FFXI is a really good dd. You can improve bard by making two songs stick. That alone will make up for the things that you have done wrong. A really good brd most definitely can DD.

Ranger was broken for many years. More broken classes is not what we need for the future. And yes, a Bard can be DD. (>.> ) Bloody good DD at that.

[dascorp]

Think of the changes that you get from Archer to Bard... One Weapon Skill, and you can only have one song active at a time. While other jobs got much more.

[Linkdx]

Come on SE, like seriously... I am gonna test out Pld before I say anything but this is so far from a upgrade that it just almost makes me wanna stop playing. I luckily love my War but Pld gets no love...

[dascorp]

Where is my Thf at... I need SATA....

[Zyph]

SATA....

Blindside + Collusion.

Also
>implying FFXIV's THF will have SATA

[dascorp]

Blindside + Collusion.

Also
>implying FFXIV's THF will have SATA

I was just being a pld there for a second... and sarcastic... most needed yeah a thf or a /thf in ffxi to keep hate on them. Because SE didnt learn anything from ffxi... I miss my nin/drk

[Zyph]

I was just being a pld there for a second... and sarcastic... most needed yeah a thf or a /thf in ffxi to keep hate on them. Because SE didnt learn anything from ffxi... I miss my nin/drk

NIN/DRK sounds like it would have been pretty fun, I loved playing DD NIN.

[Daku_Naito]

WARRIOR:
I'd say maybe the nerf was too much, but I am really unsure. Seems WAR can still throw out good AOE damage and be the off tank like its original intention. Allows classes like MNK and DRG to equal.

BARD:
Didn't need anything really. Damage was fine on most enemies.

WHITE MAGE:
Not sure why they buffed Benediction, but whatever.

BLACK MAGE:
Again, didn't really need anything.

DRAGOON:
Much needed buff, though we can't be too sure until we all try it.

MONK:
I know that they needed to get out of animation lock faster, but a damage increase? I don't really see why....

PALADIN:
Really.....really........Hey maybe the damage will be a lot better, but really......

[Leoheart]

WARRIOR:
I'd say maybe the nerf was too much, but I am really unsure. Seems WAR can still throw out good AOE damage and be the off tank like its original intention. Allows classes like MNK and DRG to equal.

BARD:
Didn't need anything really. Damage was fine on most enemies.

WHITE MAGE:
Not sure why they buffed Benediction, but whatever.

BLACK MAGE:
Again, didn't really need anything.

DRAGOON:
Much needed buff, though we can't be too sure until we all try it.

MONK:
I know that they needed to get out of animation lock faster, but a damage increase? I don't really see why....

PALADIN:
Really.....really........Hey maybe the damage will be a lot better, but really......

WAR was nerfed a bit too much imo, although the buff to whirlwind was quite nice, I just disagree with the Recast Whirlwind has.

And for Whm, Benediction would'nt hit anyone not immediately up your own arse, it was a much needed improvement to increase the range.