Quote Originally Posted by Yeol View Post
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Personally, the only way I see giving Bard and Machinist their own piercing debuff is if it's a dps loss for them to use it. Much like Ninja used to be. For example, Their dps goes up by 150 to use it when no dragoon is in the party, but if there is a Dragoon, they can drop it and gain an additional 100 dps(numbers are hypothetical). This way they get part of the benefit, but still have synergy with Dragoon and help maintain Dragoon's viability.

EDIT: I don't know enough about Bard's rotation to know exactly how to implement it this way. Maybe it's a 15s buff that replaces a Heavy Shot.