I've permanently solved The Wanderer's Minuet problem...

[jomoru]

I have already got used to it. But if I didn't tell my static I would still play BRD in 3.0, I would change to SMN.
SMN at this moment has higher movement than BRD and way higher DPS. Problem is that most savage progression parties need BRD or MCH, so one volunteer will always have to play the bad role.

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If you are required for progress you aren't a bad role. If the buffs you provide are more important than the Dps loss then clearly the class is working. You can say you don't like it but you're objectively wrong about it being a bad class.