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

[Kat_Manx]

Clearly you have never played Bard, then.

So, your profile says you play Conjurer aka. White Mage.

Let's see..let's change your job so it no longer uses magic. You use bandages. At close range. You have to stand 1 yalm from the player you are trying to heal..and you will now dress in metal armor. But if you do it properly, you'll heal better than before.

Just a basic aesthetic and playstyle change. You can still heal. No big deal, I assume? ^.-

I wasn't actually even saying my idea was bad. But if they changed WHM to this, I'd throw a hissyfit on behalf of the White Mages. However as someone suggested, a Combat Medic job might be interesting, so they could always you know.. make that job. A completely new one, that is.

Funniest thing is considering they just added Machinist, they could have made Machinist the job it is now, and kept Bard as it was. Then the two would have differences too, which they technically do not have now, and you could choose.

I have also never seen the issue with how difficult it would be to "fix Bard damage." I never saw a problem with it myself, I mean, we ARE a DPS/Support hybrid job, we aren't SUPPOSED to be top damage. But hey, here's a fix:

If developers think we do too little damage, increase our base damage.
If they think we do too much damage, decrease our base damage.

Man, that solution was tough. ._.