Quote Originally Posted by JudgeN View Post
You do realize that archer got nerf and lost its top DD spot 2 patches ago? MRD AND LNC have been out DPS archer awhile now. So what you are actually upset about is that archer got nerfed and isn't the "TOP DD" anymore correct? Well I hate to tell you but range DD is never going to be a top DD again in this game for the obvious reason that its range gives the job an advantage.

So now looking at the this thread myself and other though bard would end up alot like FFXI bard but that isn't the case. Sure we don't do as much damage as the other DD but are damage is still very respectable while providing a added benefit to the entire party. Regardless they did a good job of combining a DD and a support, giving the best of both worlds. If people don't like it then stay archer, I can think of many reason when you might need alittle extra range DPS.
What I'm upset about is that every other DD class got a new DD job. And only ARC, a dedicated ranged DD class was saddled with a support job, instead of pure DD job.

If SE needed a new support job so much, they at least could've made it stemmed not from ARC, but from CNJ and THM combined in some manner.

It would've been much more logical. Instead of what we have now. WHM is required to become a part-time gladiator first, and BLM - a part-time pugilist? How sillier can you get? It has a feel of SE running out of options and simply starting forcefully fitting new stuff into the old leftovers.