Quote Originally Posted by Kyri View Post
When BRD first came out I was pretty happy but the loss to one song at a time has me tossing my harp out the window. In XI at least we got to use -two- songs. Now the majority of time a archer bard is gonna be running to the tank for a mp or def song, running to the mages for a mp song then running to the dd for a tp song. Bard should have been a support job with a support class. not a DD who has to worry about recasting supports rather then DDing as originally planned.
It's not a DD who has to worry about recasting supports. It's a support class that can throw in some ok damage between doing it's actual job.

BRD's primary objectives in a party is to tailor the right buffs to the right people based on the situation, backup heal and also help with stoneskin. They also have a valuable backup raise. In between all that, they can shoot arrows and deal some decent damage and participate in crowd control.

The quicker BRDs get out of their ARC-DPS mentality, the better the majority of parties out there will realize the true merit of jobs.