Quote Originally Posted by Ghastly View Post
With Machinist you basically play the hardest piano tune in the world and end up losing to someone playing lyp synching a song (bard).
It's posts like yours that irk me the wrong way. The way you're comparing Bard and Machinist is infallible and dumbed down - Bard is in no way an easy job to perform with in Raid. Is it as hard as MCH? No, but to say it's like your comparison just shows your disdain towards the meta currently. Don't lash out at a job that's perfectly tuned (Bard) for its role, that's a mob mentality that'll end up nerfing a job that doesn't need it.

Also, Bard does nowhere near the damage a red mage or black mage does. With Dragon Sight and Disembowel (along with Battle Litany), they're comparing, however those are buffs that are given from another job. Bard is nowhere near the level of the caster counterparts.