Bard's future

[Platinumstorm]

I think this is my least favorite version of Bard. Shadowbringers was probably my favorite version, and I of course miss doing MP regen and even AOE fire on the ground.

I really dislike the abilities they gave us for Endwalker. I didn't need even more AOE, nor the predictability they brought to the class.

[Kolsykol]

I think this is my least favorite version of Bard. Shadowbringers was probably my favorite version, and I of course miss doing MP regen and even AOE fire on the ground.

I really dislike the abilities they gave us for Endwalker. I didn't need even more AOE, nor the predictability they brought to the class.

Part of me kinda miss stuff like MP and TP regen, but I also at the same time don't miss TP at all.
I think in general tho there is a trend and not just in FFXIV either of dmg>everything.

Part of it is sorta self-inflicted by the playerbase too, even when there is only a minor different of like 0.5-1% people still go crazy about imbalance issues.
Support Classes/ Jobs are often frowned upon too because people just want more damage.
I think to some extent SMN in more high-end play is an example of this, altho yes I agree that it's too simple and I wish there was more to it.
There is also value to the simplicty because it makes it great for progression to learn new mechanics, the easier something is generally the better it is in prog.
Like I said tho I think it goes too far and is too simple, but I also think that sometimes people just have this view that everything needs to be both super involved and also just deal damage or have more direct utility like ress.

I really miss enmity being a bigger deal too and NIN having tools to help with that and Tanks having an enmity combo.
Imo I do wish that the sole focus wasn't just on damage but that we still had an emphasis on utility too beyond just the same dmg down debuffs and ress.
I think BRD having MP regen songs was more interesting and cooler than just dmg songs.