Hairspray wrote:
Louiscool wrote:
svlyons wrote:
Grandmomma wrote:
No Archer/Bard, wowza. It doesn't bode well then, for that class. Unless, it was the reason why they lost, because they didn't have one in the party. Hmmm.
I wouldn't read too much into the absence of Archer/Bard. It's an 8 man party, and there are 9 jobs. One of the jobs was going to get left out. It just happened to be Bard in this particular case.
Or.. even the devs realize that the buffs from bard are hella-weak.. because they are.. For bard, it is hardly worthwhile to use Ballad with the mp drain on yourself.
Wow what a shame, BRD was the most sought-after job in FFXI for a very long time... I guess I won't be doing BRD in FFXIV:ARR.
I've said it before, but the songs are purely situational. BRD is a DPS with the added convenience of a few support abilities. Outside of downtime and some extended boss fights, the songs are pretty much worthless.
Rain of Death, on the other hand, is awesome. I doubt there's a better debuff than it in the game. In larger groups, the 10% increase to everyone's damage will more than outweigh any disadvantages a BRD might carry. Add in the 10% damage reduction to the monster's attacks, and you have an extremely valuable ability. The only downside to it is that it's an AoE. If you have a BLM sleeping mobs, you'll hardly be able to use it.