Quote Originally Posted by Panasync View Post
Quite frankly I'm tired of discussing it. Unless they make a category in party for a secured slot for support and place BRD/MCH in it, we're a DPS. Yes we have support abilities, almost all jobs do, we're the only job punished when we use ours, and rightfully so, but that should be the only drawback. Bard/Machinist in WM w/o using support abilities should be able to compete at mid-range DPS at the very least. I haven't seen a convincing argument otherwise.
For progression raiding, there will always be one BRD or now, MCN. There always has been. (Maybe a few statics didn't run it, but since the release of ARR, there's always been a BRD in the group for their support.

Not to mention, the developer himself stated they are a support class.

Throw your dummy out of the pram as much as you want to, but that means they are a support class. End of discussion.