Bard - they broke my job

[Gaignen]

We are still more mobile than casters and we bring utility most jobs don't have in their toolkit.

BLM and SMN have on-demand options to move and cast at the drop of a hat. BRD have 2 options for on-demand reactive movement: pray for straighter shot, or -30% DPS.

Ravana's Seeing~ mechanics may timeable, but the location is reaction, so no, it's not a nonissue.

Utility most jobs don't bring?
NIN 10% PARTY damage up 1/min (a bigger party DPS increase over time than Requiem), TP regen, no cost to self.
DRG piercing resistance debuff, crit rate enhance to party, no cost to self, king of oGCD stuns
BLM Can crossclass Eye for an Eye at no cost to self, Apocatastasis, no cost etc...
SMN E4E, supervirus, also combat raise
MNK Int and bashing debuff, party wide healing increase

NO job in FFXIV doesn't have utility. BRD and MCH are the only ones who pay for it just because it exists.