Question, why does Bard and Machinist share the same core mechanic?

[Ashkendor]

I really feel like SE didn't care about Bard this expansion. Little things like WM being almost the same as GB and arguably being a DPS loss when first implemented and WP being almost unusable due to it's long cast time made me think they just slapped it together at the last minute.

It feels a lot better now than it did at the beginning of the expansion but part of me still thinks they designed the mechanic for MCH then pasted it onto BRD so people wouldn't choose BRD over MCH just to avoid cast times.

You're acting like other classes haven't received significant adjustments though. BLMs Astral Fire and Thundercloud were adjusted, MNKs GL3 was adjusted, PLD received potency boosts and other changes, DRG received potency boosts, AST received massive adjustments to potencies and some of their core mechanics, SMN received a potency boost, TP costs were adjusted across several classes... you can't really say that since Wanderer's Minuet had to be adjusted that BRD is somehow the red-headed stepchild here because many jobs have needed tweaking. I mean, AST was considered basically unplayable in endgame upon release. PLD was considered all but unplayable until we started overgearing Gordias Savage because of the difference in DPS between a PLD and any other tank. Part of introducing new classes and new skills is balancing them through play, and the kind of numbers you need to do that can only be generated by many players over time. Game balance isn't something that just happens; it's an ongoing process.

I dunno, I don't find that WM feels "pasted on" but I'm not a bard main either so take that as you will. I think MCH is in a better place overall for various reasons, but BRD isn't bad off at all. Maybe there will be further adjustments? Who knows.

MNK does not use combos. One thing i dislike about NIN n DRG.

Uh... what? Monk uses pretty rigidly enforced combos. o.O