Thread: 7.1 and Bards got nothing...

Trying not to despair too much , but also realizing BRD only received potency buffs twice in the entirety of Endwalker's patch cycle. Dawntrail might be another painful expansion for BRD players.

Hearing reports that tanks can actually out damage BRD even when the BRD player is bis, and doing their rotation correctly.

Originally Posted by Brigog

You must be doing something wrong on the others cause bard is far below the others. MCH can pull pretty good numbers, bards are FAR behind.

I think it’s you who are doing something wrong with BRD

BRD is and continues to be the strongest physical ranged (if just has a larger IQR since it’s harder to play) at its top end it’s pulling melee numbers

Originally Posted by Supersnow845

I think it’s you who are doing something wrong with BRD

BRD is and continues to be the strongest physical ranged (if just has a larger IQR since it’s harder to play) at its top end it’s pulling melee numbers

aDPS, and nDPS tell a different story. It means that the potency on BRD's direct damage actions is low, like really low. And these damage problems are related to BRD's rotational, and stress issues because it means that the raid buffs are too important, and the damage actions aren't important enough. If anything bad happens to its songs from either user error or just getting KO'd in a fight or other things that aren't in the BRD player's control, the job evaporates. Like I get that BRD is supposed to be k'know a bard, but it has structural problems that need to be fixed, and unironically fixing its personal damage is a solution.

Originally Posted by mallleable

aDPS, and nDPS tell a different story. It means that the potency on BRD's direct damage actions is low, like really low. And these damage problems are related to BRD's rotational, and stress issues because it means that the raid buffs are too important, and the damage actions aren't important enough. If anything bad happens to its songs from either user error or just getting KO'd in a fight or other things that aren't in the BRD player's control, the job evaporates. Like I get that BRD is supposed to be k'know a bard, but it has structural problems that need to be fixed, and unironically fixing its personal damage is a solution.

I mean what’s the problem of having a job that focuses extremely strongly on rDPS, BRD in 11 doesn’t even do damage in a functional way

If anything I’d prefer they nerf its pDPS even more and make its buffs even bigger