I'm disgusted with the bard nerf.

[senjyo]

Again the issue is not the dps, is technical removalmof the rain of death as a (useful) support skill

yes I understand that, but consider BRD still has 3 skills which is like must needed for most party. Their role as support/dps is still quite solid. Before it is like "must needed support" + "super dps", not it become "still must needed support" + "decent dps".

Consider this BRD is always required for any 8 man party doesn't matter if they change RoD or not. This fact alone means a lot. There is no dps class out there received the same amount of love as a BRD. And more important, everyone BRD out there should've expect they will get nerfed in this patch. In fact the "nerf" is a lot minor than lots of ppl have expected. Balancing the game is a tougher job than ppl think, because there is 9 job in the game, not just 1 or 2 or 3. And imho they did fine with the BRD balance.

[Xellos2099]

Again, Bard is not like some super dps people tend to believe. They do very well in titan due fight design. In fact Bard is at the bottom tier in term in dps in coil. Losing rod will made things harder for everyone, not just bard.