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On the Bard part of your question, I personally do not have a 70 BRD (like 65 atm lol) From what I know of the class, BRD is fun to play, and needed for any endgame group(or a Machinist). It is very mobile now, with no cast times, has really good party utility, and good DPS. This game does not have traditional support roles (sadly imo) so Bard is a RDPS with some extra party buffs basically. IMO and others may disagree I am sure, BRD can be difficult to perform at the top end of its potential, more so then DRG to me. Granted I have mained melee DPS for years in many games, so that may be why.
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Brd got a bit overload in buttonsmashing, actually you need fast reflexes to perform on top niveau - cause Brds arent simply connected to support just one cls-role but nearly everyone and their moms ^^... mp, tp, esuna and song boni on support side and a shitload of procs and ogcd on your own dps side. I started as Brd in ARR and played it until half of HW, with SB it was my 2nd cls which I raised to 70 and was positively surprised what they made them like after the bow-mage disaster with hw... but yeah although its a busy job its really enjoyable if you like challenges. Best part is like Nerva said you won't have probs finding farm grps for any kind of end-content at all... at least for now ;3
Oh and the music comp feature is really funny - at least for that feature its worth getting a Brd on your personal job-list :P
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Am I the only one to find n'a-t-on a bit underwhelming? That's a lot of rap up for 3x320
Not that it's weak, but it doesn't feel as stellar as demi bahamut for instance
2x680 and a shit ton of wyrmwave