Quote Originally Posted by SuperZay View Post
No, bard is DPS class with some support abilities which are most of the time totally useless and affect nothing (that's the only reason why some players totally ignore them in trash content like Towers).
Just because BLM has Lethargy/Apocatastasys (buff/debuff actions) doesnt make it support/DPS hybrid as well. It's still a full fledged DPS class.
Comparing songs to Lethargy or Apoc is a really weak comparison. The whole point of being a Bard is singing songs. If someone doesn't want to sing songs then they shouldn't be a Bard. You want to just Pew Pew all day and have a lot less responsibility than be a BLM or something. I say that being a BLM main. I can only influence the battle so much with my "support" abilities but for the most part the way I help the raid is me keeping up DPS and mitigating damage coming at me. Bards on the other hand influence the raid by singing songs that benefit the party, not just themselves.