Red mage coming

[Syll]

With a Dragoon, Bard damage was hardly "undertuned". Sure you couldn't match Monk DPS in most fights, but decent Bards never did sub-par DPS for playing a so called "support class". The damage penalties incurred by singing mana and TP don't even apply on a lot of the fights, as those songs are generally sang during down-time periods.

MCH and BRD suffer from their weapon damages being 10% lower than every other class, by default. The ballad/paeon and Promotion damage penalties only exacerbate this, but it is a constant.

Also, A DRG for instance has GCD skills that reach 290 potency... compared to a a BRD's 150, or a MCH's 200(if both Split and Slug proc)