Maybe it is possible Square intended and thought people would use songs more (so that 20% loss in damage would be more noticeable). If a song was up 80% of the time, figure in 20% loss to those numbers everyone is talking about and the dps would be closer. What they really need to do is completely restructure it, ive decided. And have a DPS Archer - call it Ranger or something, and a support Bard - two advanced classes not just one. Have the Ranger do DPS on par with other DPS, and while the bard can still do DPS some, can have one buff song and one debuff song on mobs at the same time, for certain amounts of time (so they have to be recast). I personally like my bard friends just the way they are now, but the QQing is getting horrible. (Again, i havent heard anyone say nerf WHM in comparison with Scholar..... It isn't about making WHM worse, its about making scholar better and fixing pet UI)