I think its time BRD get some loving

[Altena]

I think a lot of you are also forgetting that BRD has potentially the highest burst DPS in the game... That alone is a huge advantage (in terms of DPS).

While it may not have as much sustained, they are certainly not weak.

BRD will always have a place in any content worth a damn. (Anything less then FCoB - which job you choose to play honestly doesn't matter).
Simply because most fights require either Paeon, Ballad, or simply have mechanics which are best handled by a BRD due to their mobility. In addition to this, as mentioned - they have pretty insane burst if played correctly.

They already have the best of quite a number of things. If a BRD were too comparable to melee DPS (or even BLM's DPS), then why would you bother bringing anything else? Especially in fights where mobility has a huge advantage, and BLM suffers quite heavily.

Finally, on top of all of this - they are an extremely simplistic job to play, with by far the lowest skill ceiling in comparison to any other job. (I would argue PLD is in a similar boat, however they have to tank things..)

As others have said - we have seen BRD in their "OP" state, and it really wasn't that pretty.

As I mentioned earlier, the way they could "buff" BRD is increase the skill ceiling - by giving bonus damage depending on the distance between you and the mob (like current BRD PvP).

If they were to increase their damage, they would honestly have to reduce something else - such as slower movement speed when their GCD is active to reduce their mobility..