Bard in the party... thoughts?

[LilLemay]

But...it isnt a "traditional cast time" they are given??? They are given a much shorter cast time than actual casters. You can still move around plenty with how fast it is. You just cant run around like an idiot for no reason like so many bards used to do in ARR

Sorry my bad, I meant 1.5 cast time in my original post. And even then if you're playing with a Bard that's sprinting in circles like an idiot with WM on, they're doing it wrong. Yes they're much more mobile than a BLM or a SMN, but you lose quite a bit of DPS if you're running around just to run around.

I'm not saying here that BRD, and even MCH with Gauss Barrel, aren't more mobile than casters. It's just you get a full 86% of the way through the class, being able to strafe and run around and do as you will and then you hit 52 and it's like BOOM time to stand still most of the time