Quote Originally Posted by Greedalox View Post
I can tell you now this isn't true. Merely an exaggeration in an attempt to push your idea.
It's actually quite an apt comparison if you think about it. Even their rotations are fairly similar.

50 BLM: cast your DoT for DoT procs. Cast your basic spell to proc another spell. Use your big nuke occasionally.
60 BRD: cast your DoTs for DoT procs. Cast your basic arrow to proc another arrow. Use your big arrow occasionally.

BLM cast times at 50 really weren't that strict, much like BRD's cast times aren't that strict now. However, when going to play BLM you know that cast times is what you're getting into. You have them from the start, it's what you're signing on for. With BRD it's tacked on after levelling it to 52. A little late in the job description.

I have the same gripe with the BRD job in general, playing archer you sign on for shooting things not singing, which is why so many BRDs don't use their songs, it's not what you signed on for. Really it just seems the entire class is a big bag of unwanted tricks getting shoved on it.