I think its time BRD get some loving

[rappa]

There is not reason to increase the difference between bards and melee jobs. We have less weapon damage than them.

Btw. I did turn 13 with my alter ninja ilvl 121 (weapon 115), i did 40 more dps than bard and our raid did more global dps.
We skipped more mechanics, goad on our mnk and our dragoon/tanks can support the tp necessary for the raid without lost 20% damage. Manasong is not useful on turn 13 if people plays well.

Adds died more fast, ergo more time to recover resources as tp and mana.