We should have a "Lance mage", "Ninja Sword mage", "Fist mage"

[Snugglebutt]

You are saying for NIN to be able to get the 30% damage buff they must lose 40% overall DPS? Am I reading that properly? If so, BRD did not lose no where near 40% of its DPS.

Bard has a lower baseline DPS output compared to most other DPS classes which WM partially was to offset by increasing that baseline by 30% while under WM.

The original person said "So getting +30% more damage to do what I'm already doing? Sign me the frick up!", it would not be accurate way to compare bard with WM. Just throwing a 30% buff on other classes would throw balance out the window unless those classes are counter balanced. If use another DPS class and just plopped on WM style buff like lets say ninja or monk, mage or dragoon as examples the classes would need a baseline DPS decrease to make it comparable to what a bard with WM is capable of and if was to have 30% WM style buff to another DPS classes current potential damage output then to make the comparison more equal he would need to increase the buff achieved on bard WM to compensate or decrease their own to bring it more inline. That was what I was trying to say. Bard already had a lower DPS output potential which is why the 30% buff from WM did not and has not overpowered the class.