I think its time BRD get some loving

[Snugglebutt]

Just remove the %damage debuff that comes with songs, their removal will not turn BRD's into DPS kings, it will not even have that great an effect overall and other classes will still have their DPS boosted by our songs while ours are not boosted but also not debuffed while boosting everyone else's. Quite frankly there is no good reason to debuff our DPS even more so than the low end DPS we have in general just because we play songs that boost other peoples DPS.

The boost of other peoples DPS through songs is more than enough to push theirs higher than our own without the further needs to debuff our own while boosting theirs. Stop being so paranoid about some miracle advantage that doesn't exist and will not exist without the debuff, without the debuff you still get boosted from the songs above and beyond most BRD's DPS output it just means BRD's would not be doubly punished for giving you that advantage.

If you whine about how some BRD's don't play songs much then you should be in favor of removing the debuff because that debuff is nothing more than a punishment on BRD's for doing something that helps you and not ourselves. More BRD's would be willing to play songs more often if they removed the pointless and over-the-top punishment we get for boosting your DPS above our own with the songs in the first place.

It will not boost our own DPS to a vast degree and most BRD's will still not come close to top tier of DPS output but as long as BRD's are being punished for helping you then you will continue to run into BRD's offended and unwilling to help boost you because they are being punished for doing so on top of the punishment we already suffer from lower DPS quality gear and damage output from skill stats.