Bards, Checking In!

[Kiryusha]

Another Bard here reporting for duty!
Also interested in the stat point allocation .. was thinking Dex would be 1, with Piety no. 2 for mana pool only (didn't find any source mentioning piety effecting attack power) ..

[Altamarie]

Another Bard here! Very excited to start this off tomorrow

[portie79]

Well I believe it depends what kind of Bard you want to be, if you want just a ranged DPS go with Dex only. If you want to be support heavy (more mana = longer songs) go with Pie.

IMHO I say Bard should be balanced to be able to do both not the best DPS but also not pure support.

[GN_RaiserSword]

Seriously... cannot

[CremeFraiche]

Bard checking in! Leveled Pugilist to 20 in open beta and then realized that I blindly leveled Bard's subclass! Woot! Once 5am EST hits I'll be going hardcore on archer!

Question for you bards out there: Which crafts do you think are best suited for Bard? I plan on Leatherworking/Carpenter/Goldsmithing/Alchemist.

[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.

[Nejibana]

i was thinking about the movement from support to a more dps oriented bard and one thought kept coming to my mind: in the four person instances there really isn't any need for a support character yet. sure there will be for those at end game instances, but looking at it from the perspective of a player who is going through the game for the first time, i was honestly trying to figure out if these small groups would have gotten more benefit from me being a second dps only toon or one with lower dps and a few songs. yes i know that this will have a much bigger impact at end game and in raids and full groups, i am only thinking about the leveling up process from 30-45ish where groups in the duty finder recruit you as dps since there is no option for 'support' nor has there been a need for it in the easy dungeons.

[DoubleEcho]

Bard is absolutely my favorite class to play, and I do the best in parties with it as well.

[arctic]

i was thinking about the movement from support to a more dps oriented bard and one thought kept coming to my mind: in the four person instances there really isn't any need for a support character yet. sure there will be for those at end game instances, but looking at it from the perspective of a player who is going through the game for the first time, i was honestly trying to figure out if these small groups would have gotten more benefit from me being a second dps only toon or one with lower dps and a few songs.

I absolutely agree. Focus DPS early! Piety will come for end game. But for the first half of bard - in those four man parties - the support class idea is redundant. I know this might sound blasphemous to 1.0 bards, but dps is going to be more beneficial at the start and more practical. But that might just be my opinion.