"One such archer shook the battlefield with their voice. As if weaving their words into their arrows, they'd shout before releasing their bowstring and allowing their attack to rip through their opponents." "WAHHHH" "WOW" "WAHHHH"
since 7.0 will, apparently, be a return to the adventurer livestyle away from the world spanning threats (I read that in an article which, I think, quoted yoshi p from an interview, so dont take my word on this) I think its high time the derplander finally finishes his jobquest so that the poster job can be bard. Of all the jobs I feel that bard is the most fitting for a traveling adventurer.
Got to love when the musical class is represented in a game that also is deadly. Personally don’t like Bard myself, but I do respect the lore behind and the skills it offers.
im so SO happy I made my tiny catgirl a bard in her lore a bard that wont hesitate to start punching when she is out of arrows and will fuss over peoples armors and weapons
I pick Archer/Bard because for me Archer is such a cool thing to watch. They process of shooting arrows is so satisfying. They focus and aim silently. And I love range class. I never though the Bard Lore is so cool.
I like fantasy Bards. The idea of kicking ass with the same tools and skills you use for creative pursuits is immensely appealing to me. So I definitely want to level FFXIV’s Bard and let some singing arrows fly. It’s cool that the Bard’s major songs each have a little story behind them. I like when Square Enix ties in the game mechanics with the fictional world they’ve created.
I absolutely adored hearing about the Bard. I immediately gravitated to the job and I have mained it for quite awhile now. I remember a friend of mine joking that I'd never see the top of DPS but I reminded him quickly, I'm there to make sure HE has a chance at the top :P Great video
Currently almost finished lv. My bard to 50. It's not my favorite class, mechanic wise. But the fact that through this you can apparantly play music, giving players so much freedom, makes me love this class.
Over the years, the devs have taken skills from earlier levels to avoid skill bloat and tweaked how the job works (sometimes slightly, other times substantially). Currently, the job begins to feel complete at level 70. And despite the revisions implemented with the new expansion, the job still performs well at levels 70-90 and offers legitimate party utility especially at the extreme and savage levels. Hope you give it a chance up to level 70. Honestly, a lot of jobs just feel empty until 70, now. DRG feels particularly painful to play until level 70. But again, like BRD, it is a lot of fun to play past 70.
A hunting archer in the beginning, grows into an arrow-firing bard. Learns the power of music, from how Jehantel’s troubled past is weaved into melodies. A voice from the rear that empowers allies, and confuses/demoralizes foes, before a rain of death falls upon them. It reminds me how in Patapon 2 and 3, the horn players and the archers are both rear units and I LOVE IT! I’ve written up my WoL as a bard… but also not very good with words. Perhaps the worst poet or storyteller ever, but great at projecting feelings, imaging places, explaining phenomena, through melody. A soothing voice he has, but reduced to wordless wailing more often than not. He can only sing words others have written. Oh and he is ever amazed with Magitek (mostly just Garlond Ironworks products ngl, or the occassional Allagan relic that hopefully wasn’t used in unethical shite), so he prefers magitek bows. I had this stupid idea of what if magitek bows have tabs or buttons that work like piano keyboard or kalimba, or straight up have mechanisms that help the bard synthesize music like Dreamingway.
I loved bard so much for the dots and songs, though the quests were probably the most boring of all the jobs with the least payoff for the 70/80 quests. It was cool to get a reference to the Autumn War of course, but even then there's not quite enough info to draw people who haven't heard of it in. You make everything sound interesting, which is saying a lot for bard.
I've watched a good chunk of your Job Lore series so far, and I'd like to say that I absolutely love the beginning stories and the art in your videos. Ty for your hard work!
Bards in Oblivion: Can sing (lorewise), and unleash devastating magic against their enemies! Also have you ever heard of the story of the lusty argonian maid? DnD: H0rNi! Warcraft: WhaT Is A BraD? （°々°） FF: Steadfast and talented musicians who support their comrades with both bow, magic and song!
Do you know how good of a salesman you are for each of these jobs. You've made SE at least $75 from the boosts I've purchased for some of them. I go back and new game+ between roulette runs, and its so fun.
@@klopfer14000 I dunno, I'm fine with DoTs being just damage now, which is what they should've been to begin with. It was hellish for AoE situations, especially when tab targeting decides not to cooperate with you even when set to Cone.
@@GayLPer what? It was the best for AOE situations, throw out the dots while the tank is gathering all the enemies and youd have constant rain of death procs. And trash mobs died before the dots ran out anyway most of the time. And if not, just hit your dot, press tab, hit your dot, press tab etc. Also great in the rare raids with multiple bosses like in E6, so many pitch perfect procs. and it was easy to just double dot both bosses and when the dots on your active target ran out hit iron jaws, tab once and hit iron jaws again. It was never "hellish", I admit, sometimes a bit annoying, but do you know what I did when I didn't wanted to bother with dots? I simply played another job. Every category of DPS jobs has at least one job without any dots.
Random fact: You dont fire an arrow. You shoot or loose them. Fire in terms of shooting things originates from the firing of gunpowder, something bows obviously do not use
This is just wild speculation on my part, but I think that it's involved in almost all of the jobs. It's just that there hasn't been much reason for aetherologists to differentiate between it and aether. I think we've just been thinking of it as a phenomenon where strong emotion lets people accomplish things they otherwise couldn't, much like an adrenaline surge IRL. A bard's music or a dancer's dances may be extra effective at drawing this out of people, and a warrior or a dark knight may intentionally be using emotion to focus their aether, but I don't think any job currently in the game knowingly and intentionally uses the other power. Even Limit Breaks are primarily aether-based, though "the big D" may play a role in helping us ignite or activate it.
@@Syka You've gotta be careful when speculating with the big D. Because giving it to much credit will invalidate massive chunks of almost every publication FFXIV has put out.
@@SynodicScribe Yeah I'm trying not to give it too much credit. I think it's been there the whole time (that's how fundamental forces work, after all) and we have to re-examine past events to see if our understanding of any of them changes, but like you've pointed out before if there were any *significant* unexplained phenomenon then historians and scholars would already have some inkling of it beyond what seems like basically idle speculation in Thavnair. I'm not locking in any headcanons until we get more solid lore information about it, but I have some hypotheses I wish I could actually test if Eorzea were a real place instead of in a video game.
I have allways played a bow wielding character in mmorpg:s/rpg:s but i just dont like the bard. I would love to have a marksman type bow wielder in this game.
Saw this and immediately thought of Robin Hood Daffy for some reason..: ua-cam.com/video/OGmvxbQVbWw/v-deo.html Oh, join up with me, so joyous and free And away to old Sherwood hie, For I'm Robin Hood, and I'm very good At avoiding the Sheriff's eye. So we'll trip along merrily, O'er the greensward so gracefully, To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, Trip it up and down, To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, (*cue Daffy tripping into a lake*) So trip it up and down.
As much as absolutely love Bard lore, I find the class so utterly boring to play as. I think I've been spoiled by the Hunting Horn from Monster Hunter and characters like Làng Wū Yáo from Thunderbolt Fantasy. Both characters and classes that not only use their instruments to just weave spells, but as their main weapons as well. Thank you Bards for having my back when I go too heavy on my floor tanking ways.
I love the lore. I love the job quests. It's why I picked Bard as my very first job in the game. Then they ruined its essence mechanically. It's just a glorified archer now. I'm just so sad and disappointed :(
That... might've been true back in ARR and Heavensward, but ever since Stormblood, it's a Bard that fires magic missiles from a bow, rather than an archer that occasionally sings.
The idea of a bard is very, very old. As in, they were the ones telling the oldest story thousands of years ago while our ancestors huddled around the fire. They would have used chants while playing primitive leather drums and sticks. In the Christian tradition, the finest form of prayer and worship that God enjoys the most is singing. I imagine bards marching along with the crusaders of the 11th century, voice raised as they lead the songs of the Crusaders.
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"One such archer shook the battlefield with their voice. As if weaving their words into their arrows, they'd shout before releasing their bowstring and allowing their attack to rip through their opponents."
"WAHHHH"
"WOW"
"WAHHHH"
since 7.0 will, apparently, be a return to the adventurer livestyle away from the world spanning threats (I read that in an article which, I think, quoted yoshi p from an interview, so dont take my word on this) I think its high time the derplander finally finishes his jobquest so that the poster job can be bard. Of all the jobs I feel that bard is the most fitting for a traveling adventurer.
Got to love when the musical class is represented in a game that also is deadly. Personally don’t like Bard myself, but I do respect the lore behind and the skills it offers.
I had completely forgotten about the Ballad of Oblivion. I can't help but draw comparison between that idea and the Endsinger in my mind...
Well...Meteion is a Bard.
lmao wtf is an endsinger ive only gotten to stormblood.
that's to say, watch for spoilers homie.
@@obviouslykaleb7998 You came into a comment section about FFXIV. At that point, you chose your fate.
im so SO happy I made my tiny catgirl a bard in her lore
a bard that wont hesitate to start punching when she is out of arrows and will fuss over peoples armors and weapons
This was a lot more interesting than the actual quests.
My character started as an Archer and has been a proud Bard main ever since, so I really appreciated this lore video.
Always felt the Bard fits the greater adventure/exploration side of FFXIV. Beyond the saga of light and dark.
Dude, I feel that. After finishing the endwalker msq, I decided to pick up archer/bard as a sort of therapy to bring things down to earth little bit.
its probably why Bard was the 1.0 Mascot Job
I pick Archer/Bard because for me Archer is such a cool thing to watch. They process of shooting arrows is so satisfying. They focus and aim silently.
And I love range class. I never though the Bard Lore is so cool.
Title: What does it means to be a bard?
My Brain : ''It means I can happily sing while beating someone to death''
I like fantasy Bards. The idea of kicking ass with the same tools and skills you use for creative pursuits is immensely appealing to me. So I definitely want to level FFXIV’s Bard and let some singing arrows fly.
It’s cool that the Bard’s major songs each have a little story behind them. I like when Square Enix ties in the game mechanics with the fictional world they’ve created.
I absolutely adored hearing about the Bard. I immediately gravitated to the job and I have mained it for quite awhile now. I remember a friend of mine joking that I'd never see the top of DPS but I reminded him quickly, I'm there to make sure HE has a chance at the top :P Great video
Yay for Bard mains!
Currently almost finished lv. My bard to 50. It's not my favorite class, mechanic wise. But the fact that through this you can apparantly play music, giving players so much freedom, makes me love this class.
Over the years, the devs have taken skills from earlier levels to avoid skill bloat and tweaked how the job works (sometimes slightly, other times substantially).
Currently, the job begins to feel complete at level 70. And despite the revisions implemented with the new expansion, the job still performs well at levels 70-90 and offers legitimate party utility especially at the extreme and savage levels.
Hope you give it a chance up to level 70. Honestly, a lot of jobs just feel empty until 70, now. DRG feels particularly painful to play until level 70. But again, like BRD, it is a lot of fun to play past 70.
Just wait. As said above. It gets so much better
Yes, my main gets some represent :D Plus, this video brought me to tears, so good
If you do the quest "to me my wayward son" from the ghost of Jecht in Gridania, he tells you more about the moogles part to play.
Did you just say bards were instrumental in gridania? You sneaky beaky you
I admit to nothing!
FINALLY i've been waiting for this !! Awesome video
A hunting archer in the beginning, grows into an arrow-firing bard. Learns the power of music, from how Jehantel’s troubled past is weaved into melodies. A voice from the rear that empowers allies, and confuses/demoralizes foes, before a rain of death falls upon them. It reminds me how in Patapon 2 and 3, the horn players and the archers are both rear units and I LOVE IT!
I’ve written up my WoL as a bard… but also not very good with words. Perhaps the worst poet or storyteller ever, but great at projecting feelings, imaging places, explaining phenomena, through melody. A soothing voice he has, but reduced to wordless wailing more often than not. He can only sing words others have written. Oh and he is ever amazed with Magitek (mostly just Garlond Ironworks products ngl, or the occassional Allagan relic that hopefully wasn’t used in unethical shite), so he prefers magitek bows. I had this stupid idea of what if magitek bows have tabs or buttons that work like piano keyboard or kalimba, or straight up have mechanisms that help the bard synthesize music like Dreamingway.
Oh how long I have waited for this. This was awesome. My bard mains, RISE UP! \o/
Oh yeeeeesssss!
yeah!
\o/
I loved bard so much for the dots and songs, though the quests were probably the most boring of all the jobs with the least payoff for the 70/80 quests. It was cool to get a reference to the Autumn War of course, but even then there's not quite enough info to draw people who haven't heard of it in.
You make everything sound interesting, which is saying a lot for bard.
I feel like every job has an amazing story to tell! It's only fair that I try to address them all.
I've watched a good chunk of your Job Lore series so far, and I'd like to say that I absolutely love the beginning stories and the art in your videos. Ty for your hard work!
Thank you! I enjoy drafting those stories. They might not be canon, but it's fun to think they might have happened at one point. haha
@@SynodicScribe That's just it, they seem very believable! You've done a wonderful job.
I'd love lore more involving the Ascians in general. Possibly even a look into Hades life as Solus Sos Galvus.
This vid makes me so happy... 😊
Bards in Oblivion: Can sing (lorewise), and unleash devastating magic against their enemies! Also have you ever heard of the story of the lusty argonian maid?
DnD: H0rNi!
Warcraft: WhaT Is A BraD? （°々°）
FF: Steadfast and talented musicians who support their comrades with both bow, magic and song!
Do you know how good of a salesman you are for each of these jobs. You've made SE at least $75 from the boosts I've purchased for some of them. I go back and new game+ between roulette runs, and its so fun.
That's actually hilarious. I'm glad you're enjoying my explanations!
Love this
thank you this was awesome
The Bard. The last DOT job in the game.
You ain't wrong....
and ever since EW these dots dont interact with the rest of the toolkit anymore. So its only a matter of time till SE decides to remove them too...
@@klopfer14000 I dunno, I'm fine with DoTs being just damage now, which is what they should've been to begin with.
It was hellish for AoE situations, especially when tab targeting decides not to cooperate with you even when set to Cone.
@@GayLPer what? It was the best for AOE situations, throw out the dots while the tank is gathering all the enemies and youd have constant rain of death procs. And trash mobs died before the dots ran out anyway most of the time. And if not, just hit your dot, press tab, hit your dot, press tab etc.
Also great in the rare raids with multiple bosses like in E6, so many pitch perfect procs. and it was easy to just double dot both bosses and when the dots on your active target ran out hit iron jaws, tab once and hit iron jaws again.
It was never "hellish", I admit, sometimes a bit annoying, but do you know what I did when I didn't wanted to bother with dots? I simply played another job. Every category of DPS jobs has at least one job without any dots.
Im surprised he just skimmed the ballad of Oblivion, considering it was the song that Metion weaved to destroy the world.
No spoons here!
...Actually, is there enough info to do a Dancer lore video? After the Monk?
Random fact: You dont fire an arrow. You shoot or loose them.
Fire in terms of shooting things originates from the firing of gunpowder, something bows obviously do not use
Thanks for sharing; stay strong
i wonder, is it only aether in their music, or are they using the big D as well
The big D is always involved
If the power in question is involved, it's on such a miniscule level that absolutely no one has noticed.
This is just wild speculation on my part, but I think that it's involved in almost all of the jobs. It's just that there hasn't been much reason for aetherologists to differentiate between it and aether. I think we've just been thinking of it as a phenomenon where strong emotion lets people accomplish things they otherwise couldn't, much like an adrenaline surge IRL. A bard's music or a dancer's dances may be extra effective at drawing this out of people, and a warrior or a dark knight may intentionally be using emotion to focus their aether, but I don't think any job currently in the game knowingly and intentionally uses the other power. Even Limit Breaks are primarily aether-based, though "the big D" may play a role in helping us ignite or activate it.
@@Syka You've gotta be careful when speculating with the big D. Because giving it to much credit will invalidate massive chunks of almost every publication FFXIV has put out.
@@SynodicScribe Yeah I'm trying not to give it too much credit. I think it's been there the whole time (that's how fundamental forces work, after all) and we have to re-examine past events to see if our understanding of any of them changes, but like you've pointed out before if there were any *significant* unexplained phenomenon then historians and scholars would already have some inkling of it beyond what seems like basically idle speculation in Thavnair. I'm not locking in any headcanons until we get more solid lore information about it, but I have some hypotheses I wish I could actually test if Eorzea were a real place instead of in a video game.
why did the bg of this one make me emotional
Beautiful!
I'd like to explore the history of Sui-no-Sato
What timing I just got my bard to 80 today.
I hope the Hunter and Sniper jobs find their way to FF14..
I have allways played a bow wielding character in mmorpg:s/rpg:s but i just dont like the bard. I would love to have a marksman type bow wielder in this game.
Huh, while I have no interest in being an Archer/Bard but I still enjoy learning about other classes.
Saw this and immediately thought of Robin Hood Daffy for some reason..:
ua-cam.com/video/OGmvxbQVbWw/v-deo.html
Oh, join up with me, so joyous and free
And away to old Sherwood hie,
For I'm Robin Hood, and I'm very good
At avoiding the Sheriff's eye.
So we'll trip along merrily,
O'er the greensward so gracefully,
To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it,
Trip it up and down,
To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it,
(*cue Daffy tripping into a lake*)
So trip it up and down.
As much as absolutely love Bard lore, I find the class so utterly boring to play as. I think I've been spoiled by the Hunting Horn from Monster Hunter and characters like Làng Wū Yáo from Thunderbolt Fantasy. Both characters and classes that not only use their instruments to just weave spells, but as their main weapons as well.
Thank you Bards for having my back when I go too heavy on my floor tanking ways.
I love the lore. I love the job quests. It's why I picked Bard as my very first job in the game.
Then they ruined its essence mechanically. It's just a glorified archer now. I'm just so sad and disappointed :(
Thank you for calling Bard-Support. However, it is with great regret I am too inform you that we are closed indefinitely. Goodbye.
That... might've been true back in ARR and Heavensward, but ever since Stormblood, it's a Bard that fires magic missiles from a bow, rather than an archer that occasionally sings.
The idea of a bard is very, very old. As in, they were the ones telling the oldest story thousands of years ago while our ancestors huddled around the fire. They would have used chants while playing primitive leather drums and sticks.
In the Christian tradition, the finest form of prayer and worship that God enjoys the most is singing. I imagine bards marching along with the crusaders of the 11th century, voice raised as they lead the songs of the Crusaders.
Did you make a BLU one yet?
Nope, but I could.