Quote Originally Posted by ADVSS View Post
if they define "support" as bard/mch/newjob" then itll be a low tier but decent dps. Then they just jack the raids to be like gordias anyway, and or nerf healers damage output because like tanks - "theyre not a D_S.!!!!" They could do it in tons of ways, not justifying that they should, just examples. Itd be incredibly difficult to carry through story as a job that relies other characters to deal its damage, you wouldnt get through story if it was
Their dps isn't that far back behind though, and even then they're far from the only jobs that arguably have party support abilties. Not to mention on record developers have attributed BRD's relatively lower dps to their "support" (which is double dipping anyway since use of said support already lowers their damage to begin with) or their mobility (with this being their recent statement). It's gotten to the point that it's not worth putting out a support label because I feel that even the developers don't know what they truly want BRD (and MCH) to be, beyond the game objectively labeling them as a dps role.