Bard should have been something like this...

[ErBear]

All I'm saying is that bard should be something like this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWnAe4ePmcU Bard kinda sucked on Mabinogi, but it was the best implementation of it I have ever seen. That's all I did in Mabinogi was bard, had soo much fun with it.

But as a bard I have 3 useful songs, and they are not even a song.... What kinda bard is this?

[Garrulf]

OMG.

I want this too XD

[AsakuraVN]

Ahhh, good memories... I wish one day I had a chance to play another MMO where ppl can sit around a campfire, cooking & singing for each other, enjoying their time as the night pass... There's no other timesinks as much fun as in Mabi <.<

Bards in this game is a joke
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[ErBear]

Ahhh, good memories... I wish one day I had a chance to play another MMO where ppl can sit around a campfire, cooking & singing for each other, enjoying their time as the night pass... There's no other timesinks as much fun as in Mabi <.<

Bards in this game is a joke
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Having a camp, with fire, music, food, prolonging the effects and potency of effects sound amazing. Not only would it get people together, but help you out as well.

[Dreamer]

Yes, I hope they revamp bard at some point. Currently it's just a glorified archer, not bardy at all. It should be about buffs, debuffs, and party support, not damage.

[Alhanelem]

So go play mabinogi then? their bard is fun for roleplaying purposes, but FFXIV did something original with it and I'm happy with it.

I hope they don't revamp it, because its a lot more than a glorified archer. It's the most unique implementation of a bard i've seen. It's actually fun to play, whereas in FFXI it was the most boring job in the game. The songs are useful, it does good damage, and sometimes that non-healer having the healing limit break is actually a blessing.

Just because it wasn't crafted in the image you had in your mind doesn't mean it's a bad class with problems or needs revamping.

Bard in XIV isn't original lol, it's the same style as other Bards, especially western style, with less utility.

What other game has bards that shoot with a bow? I can't think of one. I love the design of the Artemis bow especially, I wish that all BRD bows were set up like that- bow harps. original weapon design, original class design.

Bard in MMOs were always branched off Rogue or an Assassin

Bard is not based on a rogue/assasin archetype. FFXIV bards do not sneak around and murder things, they don't use daggers, and have next to nothing in common with the archetype in general.

[Tupsi]

So go play mabinogi then? their bard is fun for roleplaying purposes, but FFXIV did something original with it and I'm happy with it.

I...wh..what? Bard in XIV isn't original lol, it's the same style as other Bards, especially western style, with less utility. XI's bard was more original and more in line with how they've done it in FF games up to that point. Bard in MMOs were always branched off Rogue or an Assassin type class if not given a unique instrument (Guitar, Mandolin, Flute etc.) Though you could have been sarcastic..

[sharazisspecial]

What other game has bards that shoot with a bow? I can't think of one.

RIFT and Dragon Age have barchers

[Neasa]

All I'm saying is that bard should be something like this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRkkVJiuVE Bard kinda sucked on Mabinogi, but it was the best implementation of it I have ever seen. That's all I did in Mabinogi was bard, had soo much fun with it.

Man, can you imagine the buff you'd get for THAT?

But yeah, what can really be said about the subject at this point? Bard is not support. They even changed Bard's secondary, leaving us with even less "support." SE clearly lost its way with Bard.

[Flionheart]

I also hope they revamp BRD. People always said they found it boring, but what about those of us who enjoyed it in XI?

The current BRD just doesn't support enough, the songs are so incredibly one dimensional that it's painful. I just hope that with the level cap going up, we'll get a load more utility songs. I don't even mind that it's a damage dealer.

Not having cures or raises is even more silly. Even a song raise would be cool.