Quote Originally Posted by ProxyTooMuch View Post
Summoners got nerfed worse in terms of overall damage. Black Mages did, too (presumably no more double dipping in UI/AF buffs), along with their aoe damage. So overall bards actually came closer to summoners/black mages in terms of dps, especially since the 200 TP/global cooldown spent on RoD will now be spent on real damage abilities.
ST wise, Bard DPS is still the weakest of the DPS classes, that is something that's been well agreed upon. As a summoner, thunder lowered our overall dps by 6%. Black Mage Single Target hasn't changed one bit. Monks are top single target damage now, with the other three classes still safely above Bard DPS.