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

[Nestama]

I adjusted to learn the new playstyle for bard and do pretty good damage on ravana ex or alex so i can say that its possible to play at a high level , but im glad i switched my main to ninja because its just so much more fun than a pseudo black mage

Play Black Mage before you compare BRD to BLM. For starters, you only have a 1.5 second charge. BLM's always have 2-3 seconds to cast their spells and are required to keep an eye on their Astral/Umbral buffs, their Enochian buff, their remaining MP, how long a spell will take to cast before Enochian or Astral/Umbral wears off.

If you want to compare BRD to something, compare it to a SMN... but even that is completely different (because again, cast times between the Casters and Ranged are completely different. Yes, a 1 second difference is small, but in certain fights, that 1 second makes a huge difference. Also the pet, but that's being obvious).