Bard in the party... thoughts?

[Kelevra]

For Raid of Midan Savage is has already been said, Mechanists are actually a lot better than Bow Mages... errr, I mean Bards.
Currently on Midan savages Bards are going between 1000 - 1200 DPS while Mechanists are around 1100 - 1400 DPS, that's a non negligable difference especially if you take in count their Vulnerability for the whole group.

Bow mages actually needs a buff, either need potency damage up or change damage dealt when in Wanderer's Minuet to Magic Damage. (That last one would be pretty sweet.)

(That's coming from a top 5 Bard on his server)

I once argued that Bard was in need of slight adjustments or some sort of improvement in another thread a while back, to help them dish out slightly more dmg to get them a lil closer to other dps.

...some (in that thread) responded with things such as or close to: "they don't need buffs," "Bards are fine," "their 'support' and have better utility than others...they shouldn't need to do dmg in which they are close to the other dps," "...look at what some of the top players can do with Bard on FFlogs, they're fine as is," "....spend less time on the forums, and spend more time getting gud," etc

I was saying then that Bard needed to be looked at as far as adjustments went (and this was before the changes Machinist got to Gauss Round, Hypercharge, and something else I believe). And now looking at this thread....I'm happy that Machinist can do dmg closer to the other dps (even though I don't plan to switch to it). Hopefully they stay that way and don't get nerfed. I wouldn't hold your breath on Bard though...think the majority are dead set against giving that job anything.