Quote Originally Posted by MalcolmReynolds View Post
It's not strictly the damage. It's also the utility stacked with it.
Bards do less damage than other classes though, hence why I said check a parser. The mobility and the utility (which also reduces our damage further) is the tradeoff. Songs aren't that great either without the use of Battle Voice. At the end of the day the class has a high skill floor and can help compensate for healers who mismanage MP - of course it's going to be popular with the average player.

Wrong on that one, "buddy." BRD was designed to be support. A DPS with really nice perks that overshadow most of the positives any other DPS classes have.
There is no support classification, nor is there a DPS job that uses a bow. Every DPS class has some kind of support utility. You're a lancer, what would you call disembowel?