Issue with double standards with Se and defining between dps and support.

[Kelevra]

And the mindset of most others that don't play Bard? They don't have to work as hard as other dps cuz no combos/positionals, so penalize them for their utilities and give incremental dps losses when using said utilities?

No, Bard dmg isn't 'half' of the other dps jobs, but it's still behind.
If a Bard uses it's utility, it's dmg doesn't drop by half...but it still drops.
Drg or no Drg, if a Bard doesn't have to use there songs that incur the penalties, they still have to operate with the gap in weapon dmg.

How do you think a Drg would feel if they incurred a penalty each time they used Litany or a Mnk for giving ppl Mantra? Ninja...for using Trick Attack/Goad?
A Smn for throwing there Eye for an Eye on a tank?

U think they would be cool with a 7% and 9% incremental dps loss on AoE and/or single target?