You know what's really irritating? It's quite possible that they noticed this because of comments in one
of the many Bard threads discussing Bard balance. I certainly didn't see it on the Quality and Assurance
board.

I do think that it's clearly a bug, and wasn't what they intended. But it's also true that the game as
currently designed was balanced at least in part by observing how well players were doing with the current
set of rules, and this is a pretty big change. And as Mike Merck noted, this now means that OUR haste
adds are inferior to other classes' haste adds, not equal. So chalk up another "X" in the players vs.
Verant debit column, and another "X" in the Bard balance debit column.

Kenross Cantoforjado, 52 songs, Innoruuk

Olgwinn Pendragun wrote:

>
> Looks like we're going to get nerfed again... Here's a quote I just got off
> Everlore about today's patch... OK, granted it's not just a nerf to us, but
> all the "battle bards" will definitely be affected by it... Now watch as
> they make it so that ONLY bards using haste songs and FBSS's will fight
> SLOWER...
>
> Abashi:
> In any case, I doubt that it will be as valuable after tomorrow. We found a
> bug with the way "haste" items stack with "haste" spells. Basically, even
> the worst haste item combined with the worst haste spell would put the
> wearer at the haste cap. This basically invalidated the better haste items
> and spells, and explains why people have been saying that the newer haste
> items aren't any better than the FBSS.
>
> This is being fixed in tomorrow's patch.
>
> Olgwinn Pendragun
> Bard of 45 Missed Notes
> E'ci
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