Tbh I'm more or less fine with BRD. The 10 potency buff should put it a little bit more on par with the other 2 ranged phys classes.

Quote Originally Posted by Daniolaut View Post
DNC/BRD/MCH never have to do this based on a mechanic. You almost never have to disengage, you dont have to change your rotation based on a mechanic, or do a certain action at a certain time because of said mechanic. The only time you adjust your rotation is for a phase change or a damage window, which every other job already does that.
This is false though. BRD has to adjust its rotation A LOT MORE than pretty much any melee. In fact, every melee has a static rotation, with the same amount of buttons being pressed in the same order every time, pretty much against every fight (with very slight variations). BRD's never the same due to the extreme RNG nature of the procs (both OGCD and GCD), DOT uptime management with downtimes and song alignment with boss phases.
It took me one single afternoon to start managing orange percentiles with SAM. Doing the same thing with BRD consistently took months.
The only thing melees have going for them in terms of difficulty is the uptime (and depending on the fight this isn't even an issue in the first place). Positionals do not pose any sort of challenge when you've automatized them.