Quote Originally Posted by MoroMurasaki View Post
I hope nothing in the game going forward is buffed to the ridiculous level BRD is now no matter any disadvantages they've seen in the past. At the end of the day BRD is taking up far too much space and the only answers to that fact are ignoring it or bringing it in line with casters and MCH. Since BRDs seem very opposed to losing utility it seems like the best option becomes dps nerfs.
The funny thing is, BRD was never buffed in Stormblood. This all occurred because they foolish don't balance BRD or MCH with a DRG in mind. Therefore, they wouldn't notice the scaling issues since BRD's pDPS without a DRG is quite low, especially because it procs less. While purely speculative on my part, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't really consider how much Litany and other Crit buffs impact the aforementioned scaling. It would explain why they didn't fix it whatsoever when this happened in Heavensward. I suppose they assumed RNG and a 5% piercing nerf would do it? Either way, the only reason they've finally considered removing Piercing outright is due to JP also complaining.