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

[Kaedan94]

For those that main NIN or DRG or MNK, imagine if they decided to change their abilities to be ranged? Suddenly your playstyle, the class you've enjoyed, has just changed. Some will say dramatically, others will say "big deal". That does NOT discount EITHER opinion.
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This wouldn't be AT ALL similar. It's a horrible comparison.

An accurate comparison would be if Nin/Mnk/Drg were given skills that you had to stand still for 1.5s to complete and gave a 30% damage increase. They are called "Charge attacks".

Seriously, that's what BRD and MCH were given. You get a 30% damage increase in exchange for having to "charge" the attack for 1.5s. It doesn't harm the BRD playstyle in any way.