Quote Originally Posted by Physic View Post
they pick bard because it has very strong support that other classes benefit from, not because of its awesome dps. Which highlights that all dps dont actually serve the same purpose.
If by support you mean refresh/tactician, then no, from my experiences most group that pick BRD does it not because of refresh/tactician.
If you mean BRD other toolkits which are its own, then it has nothing to do with physical range dps "role".
If having different toolkits means they fulfill different "role" in the party then each one of the jobs, including each of the healers and tanks, will have different "role".
Each melee then will have different "role" instead of just melee, then there is no use again on comparing 4 tanks, 3 healers, 10 DPS or 4 melees, 3 casters etc.