Quote Originally Posted by ASkellington View Post
The supposed support role is P.Ranged. I'm not sure why no one has brought this up yet. BRD pre-SB had support tools and so did MCH. IIRC BRD had MP regen and MCH had TP regen. You supported your party in that way but you also did your dps duties. BRD now has an Esuna, all three have a AOE defense buff, DNC has a heal and MCH now has Dismantle. I think they could have more tools to support like they do in PvP but for now, they're adaquete.
This has been said before as well. The conversation has spiraled (because of course it did), but the original post was about what if we had a 4th role, "Support," that was more support-y than the current physical ranged, offering more buffs and more utility. I'm not sure what other context would apply to this role, but I assume it would have less damage than even Bards and Dancers have now in exchange for that higher support potential while still having things like a rotation and active gameplay. I presume the intent of the entire thread was to try and get people in favor of expanding supports so that we'd leave the real healers alone.