Bards, Checking In!

[Valadriel]

Testubg 1 2 3

[Cold6]

This is probably weird but I knew as soon as I saw bloodletter for archer that was the class I wanted to start as and when I first saw bard I was like meh... musician... then I saw that the bard wasn't holding a harp but a big angry bow with a harp on it and I thinks to myself "... well that's interesting" then I find out that it's archer conj that makes a bard so I started toolin around with conj which was suprisingly more fun than I remember from FFXI and now I'm thinkin to myself... bard's the way to go


Let my soothing melody relax your every ache while I take aim.

[Angaros]

Unhappy spoony RNG with harp here ...
I loved my 1.23 bard and the run here to buff the mages, run there to buff the tank, make team run faster, raise whm 1 during fight, cure tank so whm 2 can can be raised ... It was challenging and fun. Now, I don't know when to sing my songs. Foe's Requiem lures all the mobs towards you. I can't see the TP of my party members so I can't judge when to sing Paeon. Everybody has Sprint which overrides Swiftsong. The only thing I've actually been able to enjoy singing in Beta is Mage's Ballad.

But I know, a lot of people want a physical ranged DD. And the role of "Support" has been negated. So I guess I'll just have to get use to my RNG with a harp.

I wish there were more songs. I wish there was a way to "Play" your instrument like in LOTRO - just to be a bit more bard like even if it's not really anything useful in game. Travel from tavern to tavern playing things like Suteki Da Ne or November Rain just for fun.

[UltimaOmni]

New BRD Here

[Ketayl]

New bard checking in.

[Isten]

Initially, I was with the changes from CNJ to PUG as the sub but as I was thinking about it, there are a lot of bonuses. PUG got huge boosts to healing abilities and mantra is essentially an instant song that gives the entire party a 10% healing buff. With WHM now able to do 1k heals, that's an extra 100hp PER PERSON that our buff is adding = pretty sexy.

With sch and whm they wanted to give brd a different flavor and I think I'm going to be ok with having less strain on my MP. Yes, mana for songs, but I won't be burning it to use with other skills now. That's nice.

A guy in the 1.0 forums did a lot of tests for bard in bphase 3 and the stats were PIE as the biggest mod up to 250 and then dex while attk power always seemed to trump dex. With the changes to PUG I still foresee PIE being #1 and then dex.

Question for those who've played brd. Sleep is affected by magic accuracy = mind. Does bind use MA for success rate as well or does it use PIE for the enfeebling score?

[Yuichi]

A guy in the 1.0 forums did a lot of tests for bard in bphase 3 and the stats were PIE as the biggest mod up to 250 and then dex while attk power always seemed to trump dex. With the changes to PUG I still foresee PIE being #1 and then dex.

Interesting I was still thinking Dex for 1 then PIE.

[Kyree]

A guy in the 1.0 forums did a lot of tests for bard in bphase 3 and the stats were PIE as the biggest mod up to 250 and then dex while attk power always seemed to trump dex. With the changes to PUG I still foresee PIE being #1 and then dex.

Care to link to this? All attribute points were re-worked for 2.0 and I find it hard to believe PIE is still present as damage modifier on BRD, especially since it's a stat that's not present on any DD gear, let alone BRDs.

[Isten]

Care to link to this? All attribute points were re-worked for 2.0 and I find it hard to believe PIE is still present as damage modifier on BRD, especially since it's a stat that's not present on any DD gear, let alone BRDs.

Here's the link. I honestly don't know when 2.0 kicked in - whether it was after or before this guys testing.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/35795-STR-DEX-PIE-ATK-Testing

I noticed you've gotten to 50 with Brd. Kyree. What's your experience with the stat modifiers.

[buccfan001]

DEX increases ranged damage and PIE increases MP. Both are valuable for Bard depending on if you are focusing on DPS or Support.