Bard - they broke my job

[seorin]

Even then, WM grants us a 30% damage boost so playing Ballad or Paeon only reduces the bonus to 15%. This is far better than doing -20% of our DPS back before the stance was added.

1) That's not how math works. 15% is still 15%. If you want to be pedantic, we deal 10.5% more damage with both ballad and WM up compared to using neither.

2) The DPS gap between BRD and other classes is the same as it was at 50 without WM. It's not a buff, it's an added mechanic we have to deal with to be as good as before. Without it we're worse than a BLM who ignores Enochian.

In short, BRD are giving up more than ever and receiving nothing in return. That's an issue even beside the more salient point that a lot of BRD players don't enjoy dealing with cast bars, and that's why they played BRD in the first place.