Quote Originally Posted by OmegaNovaios View Post
BRD will always be useful in any situation even if you completely ignore support mechanics. A BRD "can" match the DPS of other classes if played correctly, and considering the skill needed on BRD compared to other jobs to maximize DPS as well and the ability to have 100% uptime compared to other jobs often a good BRD will surpass your avg player on any other job. At the point of when players achieve such skill at their job that the difference in BRD and other jobs is noticeable then it won't even matter what setup you are using you will be able to clear that content w/o any issues whether it is w/o BRD at all or if you are stacking 4 BRDs. That is even in spite of the much slower charging LB gauage as SE has designed EVERY battle to be able to completed w/o the LB.

W/o the use of songs BRD is still a full DPS job and when using songs then BRD is making up for the lack of dmg by supporting the rest of the party. Songs are simply meant to be used the same way CDs are, in tough fights you save CDs for when you need them except BRD is able to save for something other than just burst mechanics.
while i agree that a good BRD can surpass a avarage player with other DPS this don't mean that a good BRD is the same as a good BLM, not in any situation

They have the 100% uptime plus that can be more or less heavy based on the fight at hand

But other DPS classes get biggher numbers and if 2 player with the same skill compare on DPS base the BRD have it tough

Sure if you get great players with great gear you can do it with 4 BRD but this not mean that with other classes you couldn't do it more easily

If he want to see big numbers he should go for BLM

Anyway i'm not saing that BRD is useless, just that i disagree with the statement "At the point of when players achieve such skill at their job that the difference in BRD and other jobs is noticeable". Better players will get the better off other DPS too. I'll say more, a great BLM will do much more DMG than a avarage one compared to a freat BRD Vs a avarage one since a better BLM will get in better position in better times and will get a uptime on boss way higher than the avarage one, while both BRD will have nearly 100% uptime anyway