Bard in the party... thoughts?

[Slyqc]

so bottom line is, in the current state of things, MCH is superior. But as long as you can stomach that, bard isn't in any way shape or form bad.

No Bard isn't bad in any ways, just need a little buff on his DPS but nothing crazy, Ninja needs a little DPS buff as well (t's not only bard that is currently falling behind other jobs atm) also changing shadowbind to become a Heavy (You can keep the 40 second recast and the fact that it does no damage) would be a needed addition or if you want bot hMCH and BRD to keep their Binds, you can change a skill that is a bit usefull but won't change the class to much by changing repelling shot into a skill that gives heavy or stun, or just rename repelling shot to Repelling Trap, same recast, same potency but inflicts heavy / stun. In the end the potency would be lower than the MCH, Bard would only have one of the 2 debuff with higher recast timer, that should make everyone happy.