Buff Bards or Riot

[Reinha]

I don't think anyone is asking to move freely while maintaining BLM level dps. The way I would want bard dps to work is, in short, reduce it while singing support and buff it while not moving. Here's an example:

Lets compare the damage of bard and another job, for example BLM (can be any other one as well).
A) Highest possible dps: 95% of BLM damage. Bard does competitive numbers against a BLM when he is singing WM but not support songs.
B) Mediocre dps: ~80% of BLM damage. Relatively same damage as during ARR. Never top but not bad either. Bard does these numbers when singing support songs and WM at the same time, or when singing neither.
C) Low dps: 50%-60% of BLM damage. This is the situation we have currently, with or without WM and whilst not even singing support songs. I would be happier if bards only reached these numbers when singing support songs while not singing WM.

In ARR bards would do either B or C damage depending on if they were singing. But now they seem to be around C levels of damage and even drop below when they sing support songs. I don't think it would be too much to ask for bards to do close to a BLM if they choose to not move nor support. All SE would need to do is buff the damage bonus of WM, let us use all the new abilities without WM and increase the dps penalty in support songs. That way a party of all bards is not overpowered, and people could also choose to play more like a sniper with cast times and no support. Most bards would probably utilize both kinds of songs and average around B levels.