Do you think bard desired a nerfing soon.

[Thotor]

It's not strictly the damage. It's also the utility stacked with it. Why take someone that deals equal damage if that's all they do when you can take BRD and have the same damage and make your healer's job easier as they aren't in the line of fire as often? Plus the occasional song when needed. That's why you see parties taking several bards at once over melee DPS.

That's exactly what I have been trying to say.

Yes there was beta and such but the full player base hasn't started until this month. Let's just see if players are not able to find strategies to adjust. With how much simpler it is to alter games nowadays, people are getting into this mode where when they are hit with a [...]

FYI, Bard was changed at the last moment. Bard in beta phase 4 (just before going live) was still using Conjurer has second class. They removed it for Pugilist.
SE clearly did not anticipate the impact.