BRD V.S MCH in dps buff

[Exiled_Tonberry]

They're balanced yes, but they serve different compositions.

Bard serves a composition of mages and strong dps healers better, and since there's normally only about two mages that can constantly dps(BLM/SMN and a SCH), their longer access to foe req as well as an extra 10% of magic damage is warranted to make up for the lack of magical attackers in party.

MCH serves a physical DD composition. There's much more physical attackers in a raid generally. 2 melee, the MCH themselves, and two tanks. Therefore while Hypercharge is much less damage than Foe Requiem battle voiced, there's a lot more attackers taking advantage of it.

I do say MCH does have a slight edge, simply because there's always going to be more physical than magic damage dealers, unless magic melee (red mage) becomes a thing.

[Yeol]

They're balanced yes, but they serve different...

So, you are saying

2 Melees + 1 Caster + MCH is slightly better than 2 Casters + 1 Melee + BRD

Despite the fact that caster usually top dps (holding 2k most of the time)

2 Casters dps combined > 2 Melee dps combined
But if we include healers and tanks dps
2 casters + 1 healer + BRD < 2 Melee + 2 tanks + MCH