Bards need a buff

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

Sure some fights will be better for some jobs rather then others and BRD has "no bad fight". However, in MAX gear. At near MAX play there is too big of a gap between DD roles.

You've been going on and on about MAX gear and MAX play or MAX whatever. But exactly what does it mean to participate in MAX play? Dummies? Name one endgame encounter that isn't T8 that meets the following conditions:

Black mages don't have to move
Summoners don't get enkindle duds and doesn't run out of MP
Monks never lose their stacks and can reach the flank and back whenever and doesn't ever have to leave the target's side
Dragoons can use their jumps whenever without the risk of a derp-death and can reach the flank and back whenever and doesn't ever have to leave the target's side

As it is now, this topic is strangely resembles a sweet 16 episode where the birthday girl cries over getting a mercedes over a BMW

[Akesis]

You've been going on and on about MAX gear and MAX play or MAX whatever. But exactly what does it mean to participate in MAX play? Dummies? Name one endgame encounter that isn't T8 that meets the following conditions:

Black mages don't have to move
Summoners don't get enkindle duds and doesn't run out of MP
Monks never lose their stacks and can reach the flank and back whenever and doesn't ever have to leave the target's side
Dragoons can use their jumps whenever without the risk of a derp-death and can reach the flank and back whenever and doesn't ever have to leave the target's side

As it is now, this topic is strangely resembles a sweet 16 episode where the birthday girl cries over getting a mercedes over a BMW

I mean a group of people who all know how to play their jobs with a high level of consistency. A group of people who are in BIS or +/- a piece of gear or two. A full group of DD who are 400+ dps on every turn. Every turn the BRD is consistently 30+ dps lower then the next lowest dps. If you would like to say that the BRD needs to work on his rotation more... 400+ dps is as close to perfect as you are going to get.