I'm disgusted with the bard nerf.

[SinisterIsBack]

If they got rid of the penalty for playing songs and maybe gave us bfb back I think we would be on the right track and not getting too close to top dps. As it stands though. NIN offers far better utility than a bard does (albeit ballad) and is a top dps.

There is 0 reason for bards to suffer that penalty while playing songs. Food for thought

[LLSmoothJ]

At this point, I feel that they're better off adding another Archer job as a pure DPS. That way, those who like the Bard class as a support class can stay as Bard and play the job "as intended" while those who wanted to play as an Archer to DPS in the first place can finally do so without worrying about being gimped as they would be if they just played as a class instead of as a job.

[Crazypluto]

If they got rid of the penalty for playing songs and maybe gave us bfb back I think we would be on the right track and not getting too close to top dps. As it stands though. NIN offers far better utility than a bard does (albeit ballad) and is a top dps.

There is 0 reason for bards to suffer that penalty while playing songs. Food for thought

I know right it's ok for nin to be top dps, give everyone in the party a dmg buff and give out TP.