Quote Originally Posted by Reika View Post
A good bard doesnt just start playing a song at the beginning of a battle. You only need to start playing a song when it is needed. That is why they are just support rangers.
Which means at some point in the battle you will lose 20% usually half way through. It makes sense for SE to heighten BRD DPS without songs to make up for the time when they are using songs considering DPS counts for the whole fight and not just the first half. BRD comes from a DPS class so naturally BRD's will want to do DPS as well as songs and if they do considerably less because of songs then everyone will complain. Funny because now people are complaining for the opposite - can never win.