I didn't play ff14 in HW. I raided in ARR and now back in SB. In ARR BRD was basically a sub class in the dps classes (aka dps support). If I remember correctly, it was basically required to be in Raids for its required use of tp/mp abilities because resources were almost guaranteed to run out during the fight. Again I'm not sure if this remained true in HW. Now in SB I've done savage v1 and v2 and at no point do I see the use of these mp/tp refresh abilities being close to required.

If the above is true, why do some people still claim that BRD/MCH only compete against each other for a raid spot? They are no longer a sub class in the dps category that is required. Shouldn't they just be competing with all the other dps for a spot? And yes I do realize that they have other unique support abilities but none of the are "hard" required and many of the other dps classes have support abilities too.