Bard in the party... thoughts?

[Greywolfamakir]

It's a problem in the current meta just as how much the previous meta was favoring BRD with foe reqiuem with a caster and healer dps (which is still applicable provided the group is capable enough) If you say it's a problem with the meta, then sure. But we're just gonna be moving the problem around if we give BRD an edge toward caster comps (which means you won't have melee, or just stick with DRG, because the crit buff is just too good to pass up compared to other buffs).

I totally agree, i mean, its a problem in the current meta, but meta is not defined or selected by players, just SE manage meta when they do changes to clases.

MCH was out of meta during 3.0-3.1, actually he is better with the same meta and now BRD is out.

But like you said, meta is about min-max, and min-max is pretty serious when you are searching for first world of something close to first world.