Bard - they broke my job

[Aikaal]

SNip.

Your argument is invalid.

Everybody scales from Battle Litany.

Black Mage burst higher than Bards. (I have bursted for 2379 DPS on a dummy with no party, just myself)

Everybody scales extremely high from stacking buffs. BLM with Voiced Foe, RS, Potion, TA, Battle Litany, Leylines, Enochian and Selene goes from 1x damage to 1.6632. They also gain 18% Attack speed from Leylines and Fey Winds and they get 15% Crit. If you look at the base 280 Potency from F4. It goes to 504 with Astral Fire III. With 1.6632 multiplier, it goes to 838.2528 Potency per F4. I cast 6 of those also and I did not mention that Potion I use that is multiplied by everything.

You scale well with Crit and that's good for your job. Saying that SMN lose from short fights is also invalid. Summoners have the biggest AoE arsenal in the game right now. Bane, Painflare, Deathflare, Shadowflare, Miasma II.

If Demolish is on both targets, Rockbreaker from Monks is better than Snap Punch and is viable because it's 2 minutes and 40 seconds.

You are trying to find flaws where there is not. If a Bard can do as much damage than another job in a fight, regardless 1 or 2 mobs, the job is not broken.

*edits*

Out of curiosity, do you have any maths or theorycraft to proof that Bard is actually behind Machinists and need to be fixed? If you don't, that's like 3 strikes friend.