Why does everyone get so butt hurt that Bard doesn't get a damage LB. How many individual people are using LB in any given Duty? Once! Maybe TWICE. So congrats, we give you damage LB and you can fight with all of the other ST LB'ers out there to see who can push their button before all the others once hitting 3 bars.

DRG gets a pierce debuff, which also affects a Bards damage directly. If you want to look at another DPS classes's quested skills BLM is a good example. Apoc - Magic resistance for a party member. Manawall - Defensive ability to negate melee damage. Archer also gets two native damage increases Raging Strikes and Hawk's Eye(Maybe be incorrect). Bard gets the advantage of having great support skills, extreme mobility and up-time in exchange for having slightly lower sheet damage compared to classes like DRG/MNK/BLM who have to shift around interrupting their combos or breaking casts to survive where BRD can continue shooting away while moving out of dangerous areas or switching targets.

BRD is a DPS. It just has different advantages and trade offs than other DPS classes. A DPS LB will not really help or hinder this class with the exception of getting unlucky with 2 Bards in a 4-man instance. Honestly, Bard has something that makes it unique and desired in certain content and situations. I do not understand why some Bards are so upset that they have songs over a damage LB, especially when you are generally only asked to play the ones with damage reduction components in certain and usually dire situations where your skills can save the party. A Dragoon or Monk certainly doesn't have influence like that.