Hey, Bard Main (since Stormblood) here with some thoughts about BRD in it's current iteration as well as the future of the job.

Discussion and just generally engaging to make us BRDs seen is welcomed and of course encouraged.

With the Changes made to BRD in 6.0+, one thing has become quite clear to me. it appears the job is moving away from it's DOT gameplay for the future. Be it with a rework next xpac or just a removal. (All songs no longer using DOT procs to gain repertoire and even Sidewinder's damage being increased when you have DOTs up have all been removed).

This obviously is worrying to me and likely quite a few BRDs out there as DOTs have always been a big part of our gameplay and identity for years. Be it five or nine years.

And of course while certain Quality of Life improvements are of course something to strive for currently, i do believe conversing of the future of the job is important to get out there as recently there have been worries of the jobs in this game becoming easier and 'homogenized' more and more ever since the changes to SAM and NIN in 6.1

Personally i would like to see our Songs (Mage's and Army's specifically) being more involved, our DOT's continuing to exist and interact with our kit as well as a sort of reintroduction of an MP management system with a Musical themed burst skill in it to better fit the Bardic theming the job has been feeling lacking in, but that is simply my opinions.

Share yours.