Quote Originally Posted by Rhysati View Post
No thanks. I have a BLM and when BRD plays just like it but with far less damage, then what's the point in even playing it?
Ah, that's right...I forgot. There are no other redeeming qualities about the various jobs to make somebody prefer to play one over the other. I guess SE should just remove all jobs and boil the game down to three roles. We can have one tank class, one healer class and one DPS class.

BRD wasn't designed as a pure DPS class. It's meant to be a support role that is able to deal damage. This is something that the vast majority of all people who played BRD during 2.x failed to understand, though. It was all DPS, no songs and gods help the sorry SOB who did ask for a song because you were either going to get ignored because it lowered their DPS output or get your face chewed off. Just because BRD lost their mobility (which I feel they never should have been able to get away with in the first place) doesn't mean they lost their identity as a job. They still serve a purpose and if people like the OP no longer find it "fun" then there are plenty of other jobs for them to try.