I was leveling my bard and I just heard they were bad DPS at 60 because they were considered "Support" jobs by Square Enix.

This has me concerned because it seems to me bards were just singled out. Why? Because all DPS classes have some form of Utility besides just straight DPS. For example:

DRG have their piercing debuff and that new cooldown they got in heavensward that buffs crit.
Ninjas have goad.
Summoners have virus.
I'm sure monks and black mages have something too.

So it seems to me that the label of "Support" for bards is a little arbitrary. We have our songs but thats no different than any other classes utility. Why should we suffer lower damage because of that? We apparently aren't any more mobile at 60 either because of wanderers minuet.

Anyone agree/disagree?