Please consider these changes as they will make BRD less punishing to play -- especially in cases where the BRD is KO’d, diversify BRD’s utility, and afford BRD’s personal damage to be increased by decreasing its reliance on party damage buffs. While these changes will simplify BRD’s song rotation, the tradeoff is that all proc mechanics will be active all the time, and they will give BRD a wider variety utility buffs which might be worth the cost.
First of all, remove the coda system. Change Battle Voice from a 20% direct hit buff to a 5% damage buff, and have it upgrade to Radiant Finale at level 90, and make it a flat 6% buff as it will no longer increase with Coda. The potency of Radiant Encore should have its potency standardized as it will no longer increase with Coda as well. The loss of the 20% DH buff should be compensated with increasing BRD’s personal damage.
Change the duration, and cool down of The Wanderer’s Minuet to something like a 15 second cool down with a 30 second duration. Move the haste buff off The Army’s Paeon on to Wanderer’s Minuet. The haste buff is a flat 10% reduction on cast, and recast times on weapons skills. Change the party buff from 2% crit to a flat 1% buff. Pitch Perfect mechanic remains the same, however WM button should no longer be replaced with Pitch Perfect for this to work. Soul Voice gauge remains the same. This will be the only damage song that BRD will need to maintain throughout its rotation. The shorter song duration means BRD players will get to press a song button more often to maintain the buff.
Remove the Heartbreak Shot reduction proc off Mage’s Ballad, and move the proc effect to Burst Shot. Rework Mage’s Ballad so that it reduces magic damage taken by 10% for your party with like 10-20 second duration. Upon using Mage’s Ballad, the action turns into an action that is a targeted action that grants a party member a buff that removes the MP cost of GCD spells for a short duration.
As stated before, move the haste buff from Army’s Paeon to The Wanderer’s Minuet. Rework Army’s Paeon to that is a party buff that reduces physical damage taken by 10% with a 10-20 second duration. Upon using Army’s Paeon, the action turns into an action that is another party buff that increases movement speed.
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First of all, remove the coda system. Change Battle Voice from a 20% direct hit buff to a 5% damage buff, and have it upgrade to Radiant Finale at level 90, and make it a flat 6% buff as it will no longer increase with Coda. The potency of Radiant Encore should have its potency standardized as it will no longer increase with Coda as well. The loss of the 20% DH buff should be compensated with increasing BRD’s personal damage.
Change the duration, and cool down of The Wanderer’s Minuet to something like a 15 second cool down with a 30 second duration. Move the haste buff off The Army’s Paeon on to Wanderer’s Minuet. The haste buff is a flat 10% reduction on cast, and recast times on weapons skills. Change the party buff from 2% crit to a flat 1% buff. Pitch Perfect mechanic remains the same, however WM button should no longer be replaced with Pitch Perfect for this to work. Soul Voice gauge remains the same. This will be the only damage song that BRD will need to maintain throughout its rotation. The shorter song duration means BRD players will get to press a song button more often to maintain the buff.
Remove the Heartbreak Shot reduction proc off Mage’s Ballad, and move the proc effect to Burst Shot. Rework Mage’s Ballad so that it reduces magic damage taken by 10% for your party with like 10-20 second duration. Upon using Mage’s Ballad, the action turns into an action that is a targeted action that grants a party member a buff that removes the MP cost of GCD spells for a short duration.
As stated before, move the haste buff from Army’s Paeon to The Wanderer’s Minuet. Rework Army’s Paeon to that is a party buff that reduces physical damage taken by 10% with a 10-20 second duration. Upon using Army’s Paeon, the action turns into an action that is another party buff that increases movement speed.
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