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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| Raiders of the Void Ark
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Less pants, more pantsu
Judging from the rest of your posts here I'm not too surprised. You don't seem to have a very good grasp on the idea of how the game works. TP reduction on Bard during AoE is one of the best uses of that card. Balance during a Bard's opening is also one of the best uses of that card. Continue to buff the shitter 400 dps DRG though because they picked a melee class.
PhillipCostigan
Member
I feel like I'd have to parse playing Astro for precisely this reason.
Sometimes I wonder if the people I run with know what the buffs from AST actually do though. I mean, I pop Spear onto a Bard at the beginning of the fight with the expectation that they'll shoot off all their buffs...and said Bard does nothing. With Arrow I don't know if they can tell if their attacks are rolling out faster.
Maybe I should make a macro:
/p Blue Snowflake = Good time to pop your cooldowns
/p Blue Squiggle = Press buttons faster
/p Blue Pot = MP stuff
Maybe I should make a macro:
/p Blue Snowflake = Good time to pop your cooldowns
/p Blue Squiggle = Press buttons faster
/p Blue Pot = MP stuff
Hahahahahaha
PhillipCostigan
Member
I know the damage one and the attack speed one and who cares about the rest
Holy is very circumstantial because of the MP requirement and cast time (though swiftcast helps with the latter, of course). The stun is great but beyond that... eh. You're back with stones and aeros in no time if you're serious about laying down any kind of dps while maintaining the ability to heal effectively. I just find it dull.
(That's not to say all dps is boring. I enjoy Bard quite a bit... just ugh)
I once went as SCH on my low level roulette, just for the fast queue. Summoned EOS, changed to Cleric Stance and started DPSing.
The tank started complaining about it, and asked to drop Cleric Stance. I said it wasn't needed (it was fucking Halatali), and he said I was going to get everyone killed, that I should do my job. He refused to move until I changed to Cleric Stance. The DPSs agreed with him. Never played as a healer again after this.
I think I'll play as AST to see how it goes.
The tank started complaining about it, and asked to drop Cleric Stance. I said it wasn't needed (it was fucking Halatali), and he said I was going to get everyone killed, that I should do my job. He refused to move until I changed to Cleric Stance. The DPSs agreed with him. Never played as a healer again after this.
I think I'll play as AST to see how it goes.
Should have told them to fuck off and stop whining (or just drop cleric, let them pull then put it back up again and go "see?" when everything is perfectly fine, if you wanted to be more polite). The fairy is ridiculously OP in low lvl dungeon, you could just follow one dps and leave your pc for 30 mins and it'd be fine.
Yeah, my wife just sets the character to follow the tank when someone complains about CS. She drops the stance, follow the tank and no one notices. 2 - 3 commendations.
RellyRell28
Banned
Okay so I realized i bought the wrong modem. I bought the SB6141 which is 8x4 instead of the SB6183 which is 16x4. Don't know if that will help me with the ingame lag issues but I rather would have that then the modem I have now.
Bard never gets buffs, only nerfs
Those BRD numbers in A3S and A4S show that BRDs don't need buffs!
I still don't understand the alternative, though? If I have DS Regen on a tank and drop Asylum on him, I probably don't have a ton to do for a few GCDs in a boss fight until the first big hit. I can either drop into CS, drop three DoTs, Assize, and throw rocks or..?
I ask this largely because if a boss fight drags on too long I have to stop DPS to preserve my MP and I usually end up running around in circles and jumping up and down a lot. if there's some third option I'd be curious to hear it.
Third option: Alt-tabbing and watching a YouTube video. For PS4 users, browsing the PS Store.
Staff smacks.
I know, there probably isn't any alternative unless you're in a group that's eating a lot of damage. Don't get me wrong, I've been trying to do dps where I can since entering HW and starting my WHM. I just wish jobs were a little less fluid in their roles. Or at the very least, I wish that dps was slightly more interesting as a healer. //opinions and stuff.
Monk!!!!!!!!
Tornado Kick cooldown reduction will be good in PvP and fights like Ravana Extreme. You can probably fit in a Tornado Kick in every offensive phase now.
The extra couple of seconds added to Greased Lightning will be useful for Alexander floors 3 and 4 phase changes, as you can get caught with unlucky timings sometimes.
With the increased damage buff, it's time to hit that 1400 unpadded dps on Faust.
Tornado Kick cooldown reduction will be good in PvP and fights like Ravana Extreme. You can probably fit in a Tornado Kick in every offensive phase now.
The extra couple of seconds added to Greased Lightning will be useful for Alexander floors 3 and 4 phase changes, as you can get caught with unlucky timings sometimes.
With the increased damage buff, it's time to hit that 1400 unpadded dps on Faust.
Oh I've definitely had a lot of one sided node antics. Usually in favor of Adder or Mael though, think I might make the switch to Mael and just coast with healing.
This.Bard never gets buffs, only nerfs
Best server.
That's actually pretty unlikely. Most regular players have little idea.
Bard never gets buffs, only nerfs
We got buffs last patch. Admittedly it was to fix the horrible nerfs. But still, onward and upward!
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
LOL at wanting to just stand around and heal. All healers should learn how to dsp/heal if you want to do endgame.
SliceSabre
Banned
Bards don't deserve my love anymore. My love is all for Monks and Black Mages when it comes to buffing the dps.
Actually it is because in my party sorting order Bard is last.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
DPS DPS DPS DPS DPS PRESENCE OF MIND USED! DPS DPS DPS DPS DPS!
We need a healer version of that DPS WAR comic
Huzzah!
Shameful.
Well if I get a Spear and I give it to you and see no cooldowns popped, then I'm likely to hand Balance to another dps instead lol
SliceSabre
Banned
Don't worry I'll gladly give you a Ewer/Enhanced Ewer while you sing your songs.
PhillipCostigan
Member
Unless you're doing it right at the start of the boss fight throwing Spear on a MNK isn't really all that useful since my cooldowns all have pretty irregular timings and are popped pretty much as soon as they're available.
Like if you had a Spear ready to go at the start of the fight it would be really nice, but otherwise it's better used on another DPS anyway probably.
how's the ps3 holding up with the new TP bar
I know. Most of the time I don't dump Spear on MNK or BLM because in comparison to like maybe BRD or MCH Spear is probably not as useful for MNK/BLM.
Basically, I keep a tally in my head of what buff is most useful for what class and which dps is playing better or has better stats, and use whatever pops up accordingly. I kind of wish we had the option to use a card without using the enhanced part if we have an enhancement stocked.
All these pet peeves though lol. When bloody range attacker stands all the way back so I have to move and position just to splash damage buff if I have expanded enhancement. When I have expanded but I get Bole so it's just weakass damage reduction. When I get Spire/Ewer at beginning of fight. etc. etc.
That feeling when you shuffle and the same card pops up. Every time.
RellyRell28
Banned
No vids of the A4S clear yet?
SliceSabre
Banned
Draw > Spear > Royal Road > Spear > Shuffle > Spear
There's a good chance we won't see anything until the fifth group clears; it's sort of billed
as a respect thing to keep mechanics and strats secret until a few groups have cleared since everyone in there right now has been figuring this all out on their own.
This being another relatively big upgrade week should hopefully mean we see more clears this week, though.
SliceSabre
Banned
Getting my AST eso weapon and a eso accessory this week to join my eso hat and eso body piece. That'll put me over ilvl 189.
Augemitbutter
Member
mnk buffs happen right when i finished buying my mnk pvp gear. too easy.
i truly hate this shit so much. some guy in stone vigil pulled additional mobs with his large ass then immediately blamed the healer later messed up at cannons and got blasted by the dragon -> drop dead, blame healer. that's how you get the easy ride in this game. nobody is allowed to tell him how shitty his dps is of course. they're untouchable, it's their right!
i truly hate this shit so much. some guy in stone vigil pulled additional mobs with his large ass then immediately blamed the healer
later messed up at cannons and got blasted by the dragon -> drop dead, blame healer. that's how you get the easy ride in this game. nobody is allowed to tell him how shitty his dps is of course. they're untouchable, it's their right!No stop you don't know what you're doing pls no
SliceSabre
Banned
AST buffs mean WHMs can gtfo.
AST + SCH is the new power couple. WHM will deny this because they want to believe they are irreplaceable.
Believe in the heart of the cards!
AST + SCH is the new power couple. WHM will deny this because they want to believe they are irreplaceable.
Believe in the heart of the cards!
Retromelon
Member
crackbabyjr
Member
Who will give your mind bonus without whm!!
An AST that doesn't ever DPS is still pretty useless though. Not enough healing potency buffs in the world to fix that.
Time to go double SCH.