Quote Originally Posted by Connor View Post
Nobody would ever support more non-damaging support abilities on Bard (or any job for that matter).

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I mean, think about how many times you’ve seen a Bard use Minne or Paean? I’d wager the reason is ‘not very much’, because as non-damaging support skills they add no meaningful contribution to anyone besides maybe giving the healers an extra gcd for DPS (but then they do all their healing through oGCDs, so it’s not like healers are all in a a GCD drought)
Personally I'd like to see more non-damaging support abilities on Bard, Dancer and Machinist. I think it would be a good idea to double down on that identity rather than just buffing their personal DPS, or adding more DPS support skills.

I'd like them to bring back Palisade, Dismantle, Refresh. And add some other interesting things. As the physical ranged are already at the bottom of rDPS charts, why not give them the ability to Raise? I don't want to upset any Summoners or Red Mages, but if they were to give their Res utility to the physical ranged DPS, and they received a damage buff to compensate, it would make them a lot easier to balance with Black Mages.

Also, I use Minne all the time. And while Paean isn't useful for the vast majority of fights, I like having the option to use it when the situation arises (It saves the healers 1 GCD in Alex Ultimate at least!).