I'd like to remind people that Bard was nerfed a long time ago due to their damage potential, and ability to move and shoot back in 2.0. Now they can't move and shoot anymore, but that doesn't mean they should get a free pass to get a dmg buff. Bards and Machinists do a fair amount of dmg and they don't need to be up in the range of melee. Duty finder will always be duty finder, and you got unlucky OP, bard/machinist don't need any buffs.