BRD is awful now in CC.

[Ransu]

What little burst threat they had is completely gone. The silent nocturn change really needs to be reverted.

[maximesan514]

Bard is perfect the way it is now, I'm glad that square enix made those perfect change, changes we're god sent.

[JohncarterIx]

bard is good now how a dancer has a lott more damage then a bard now a bards in last place for damage and thats good not

[Nubrication]

So true, they want you to play bard in mid range now. They nerfed the living hell out of silent nocturne but they didn’t buff hp, buff powerful shot and expected warden’s paen buff to offset getting obliterated.

Now bard does no damage AND can’t secure kills. No smart bard is going to spam powerful shot in melee-ish range to replenish empyreal arrow. And if you’re in the back, then you’re out of range to silence to support your team or secure kills. Devs probably thought that players aren’t going to jump on bards while they’re in the back because they’re listening to garbage players tell them what needs a nerf.

Bard is absolutely useless in CC now, especially if you have a subpar team, it makes it even worse. Why play bard when you can play any other class and deal more damage, not be as squishy AND stun, silence, etc.

[Windfire]

BRD is now useless in pvp period, I'm super pissed about it because now my choices are a. stop playing pvp or b. learn a new job and neither of those are something I want to do.

[Burmecia]

what was the silence duration before, 3 sec? or did they mess with range?

[tsuchii]

It's always been awful

[Anzaman]

what was the silence duration before, 3 sec? or did they mess with range?

"Potency has been reduced from 2,000 to 0.
Range has been reduced from 25 to 15 yalms.
Silence effect duration has been reduced from 3 to 2 seconds."

[Ransu]

what was the silence duration before, 3 sec? or did they mess with range?

It's 2 sec now. I would have been fine with a duration nerf. That doesn't bother me too much and could have easily adjusted to that. The problem is they reduced the duration, reduced the time and removed the damage it did. They have essentially removed BRD's ability to do meaningful burst. The job has always been pretty reliant on teammates, but had some semblance of individual contribution to carry, but now its 100% reliant on teammates. You're better off playing MCH now if you want to play a ranged job that can pick people off quickly who are out of position.

It's always been awful

BRD was fine. It wasn't too strong, nor was it weak. It required a heavy reliance on teammates, but could pick people off pretty well when played right with their burst phase. The nerf is overkill and destroys their ability to finish off enemies.