Quote Originally Posted by Minnel View Post
I've been asking about dps jobs to my dps friends and they are kind of acting like bard is sort of 0.9 of a dps. I thought bard was a good dps to have with the buffs and all but I guess not?
BRD has the unfortunate distinction of basically having its primary role stolen by DNC, while also having a rotation that's not quite there, that's getting worse in EW, and in general it's just outclassed by DNC.

It's perfectly valid. I've cleared Ultimate fights with a bard in my group, as well as all of Eden's third tier. It just has the luxury of not caring about what the boss is doing (provided it's handling mechanics otherwise correctly) and it pays for that luxury with lower-than-average damage.

Since Summoner is going to be about 84% free movement as well, I'm expecting it to be similarly penalized and just not do full damage compared to a RDM or BLM as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Yuella View Post
Peloton shaves 1 minute off a dungeon run though, that's something.
Don't forget having AoE rotations that scale at 2+ targets. While definitely not the best AoE in the game, all 3 rDPS tend to crush other classes not named BLM in AoE damage due to ease of use and how well it scales compared to single target.