I chose BRD for swift gameplay, if I wanted to cast I would have chosen a Mage.

[Gallus]

The true issue here is gameplay, unfortunately.
and fun should be the priority over anything else in a video game.

Balance is the priority. Balance is based around objective data. Fun is subjective.

And the argument that "Minuet is optional" isn't really true, because NOTHING is ever optional in FFXIV. That's another problem here. Bards can just keep Minuet off if they dislike it (Like I do), but now they will be shunned and discriminated against just because of playing the game the way the class had been advertised to them. No other class has to go through this but Bards. Either play the way you love, but get hated for it, or F*** your own enjoyment and playstyle for the sake of others' convenience.

Of course it's not optional if you want to be optimal with a BRD, just like permanently sitting with minuette (like apparently you are making it out to be) isn't optional either, you'll want to turn off minuette when moving is mandatory . BRDs movement hasn't been destroyed, this is false. A BLM moving does NOTHING, nothing (well yes, scathe, lol), a BRD moving...loses like 10% of the DPS. I see a big difference here. You are not like a caster <.<.