Quote Originally Posted by Felessan View Post
The problem with bards that they have just too low DPS for their "utility".
It was more or less fine without NIN, but with NIN introduced - they just wipe all those little advantages BRD brings into the party and still have much higher dps.
BRD is better on AOE heavy fight... otherwise NIN have better than BRD damage buff, can regen TP too and ballad is rarely useful, so no real "utility" advantage for bard.
I am not sure what content you are basing your observations on, but I fail to see how NIN can compensate a lack of BRD in a progression static.

Foe's Requiem, Ballad, TP song are still extremely useful in tight fights where DPS and Healing checks are present. Goad is not even remotely as powerful as TP song, by the way.

Point is, it's not like EVERY job can be top dps. BRD, as one of the jobs with most utility, can't really ask for that.