BLM vs Bard

[LeviathanElite]

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF... "that oh so important LB3 on Ifrit's nails"... you wouldn't be one of those that think that an aoe LB is mandatory for Ifrit, right?

Aaaanyway, that aside, most of the posts in this thread are basically "wahhh, don't nerf BRD because it's my job! Waaaaahhhh"

BRD is one of my favorite jobs and even I admit that it should be toned down a bit. There's no reason for a "half support" DPS to be dealing much more damage than a purely damage oriented mage nor other pure DPS jobs.

This times 1 billion

[arctic]

OKAY!~ OK! Ok, so how about this BLMs - Us bards promise to always nerf our dps by putting up Foe Requiem to give you your elemental damage boost when we're in parties together. That way you can wave your top dps e-peen, and us bards don't have to get nerfed because we won't have as much dps as you. See? You win! You get to tell everyone about how big your DPS is!

Now, for Dragoons that want Bards nerfed ~ Hawha, you can go sit in the corner and play with the monks till you realize how good you have it.

[Dorin]

When i as a player pick up a blm, and find that I cannot cast spells while moving, it gets quite frustrating when swiftcast is on a huge cooldown. Often In harder boss fights you have to move a lot so the EFFECTIVE dps of a bard is a lot higher since they can move and deal more damage. That dosenst seem like a fair trade off. And no, when I think of BLM, i think of most damage, not a utility mage. The arcanist is what i would think to be a utility mage. Its a black mage for godsake!

There are some BLM spells I've never used more than 1 or 2 times to try them out, like Freeze and Apocatastasis.

Mana wall is very cool and useful, Flare is a decent finisher and convert acts like a nice battery in case you get stuck under Astral Fire with Transpose on cooldown.

But Freeze and Apocatastasis? Pure trash, garbage. Crap.

Give us representative BLM spells instead of those, like Ultima, Meteor, Demi...

[Dinosaur]

why is it bad that blm is 2nd place? i mean it sounds to me that mnk and drg need a rebalance not these two if they aren't even considered in the running.

This lol, when it comes down to numbers but at the end of the day it comes down to the players. I still find myself out damaging bards and BLM time to time. (Especially if they are dead)

[LeviathanElite]

every damage dealers actual output is pretty equal, its just bard can keep doing damage while playing dodge the red spots making it go way past everyone that has to stop and reposition over and over

It keeps coming back to the same question. How is that fair>? How is that good game design?

[LeviathanElite]

There are some BLM spells I've never used more than 1 or 2 times to try them out, like Freeze and Apocatastasis.

Mana wall is very cool and useful, Flare is a decent finisher and convert acts like a nice battery in case you get stuck under Astral Fire with Transpose on cooldown.

But Freeze and Apocatastasis? Pure trash, garbage. Crap.


Give us representative BLM spells instead of those, like Ultima, Meteor, Demi...

Yep I feel the same way

[arctic]

It keeps coming back to the same question. How is that fair>? How is that good game design?

It keeps coming back to the same question. How is that NOT fair>? How is not catering solely to you not good game design?

[LeviathanElite]

It keeps coming back to the same question. How is that NOT fair>? How is not catering solely to you not good game design?

Because you move while casting attacks and have short cooldowns.

I (a pure dps oriented class) do less damage while staying it the same spot to cast much longer spells.

[arctic]

Because you move while casting attacks and have short cooldowns.

I (a pure dps oriented class) do less damage while staying it the same spot to cast much longer spells.

Go roll Monk. A class that can move and pump out tons of hits and still have trouble registering on the dps meter. You have no idea what's not fair.

[Vanex]

Really? Sweet!