Quote Originally Posted by Judge_Xero View Post
The HC boost is pretty amazing. I wouldn't be surprised if people change their party comps to full melee with MCH. With how well DRG and MNK can AOE and if Tanks are still DPSing hard it's going to be a real game changer.

I'm not sure if that's a direction SE would be hoping for, but at least in a single caster with BRD, Foes, BV, ROD and Healer DPS it's hard to say which will be better.
I actually think if SMN didn't get the Ruin 3 buff, they might have been the ones left in the dust (in favor of BRD+MCH if no BLM was available). With the SMN boost and the BLM QoL to aid their progression woes, it seems SE is at least somewhat cognizant of the caster vs. triple physical + MCH situation.

Rain's debuff will be worth a lot less once materia is melded up, and Foe is very definitely worse than HC now in single-caster comps. So whether BRD is better for a given fight will depend on whether or not it allows them to leverage multiple targets enough to do at least +50 or so self-DPS to beat out Hypercharge.