So firstly, I do not mind at all that the 70-80 skills for BRD are more archer based. That is fine with me. But it defies the job's actual lore that our songs no longer buff party members. I get that they wanted to ditch synergy jobs, but BRD's entire storyline is about supporting your allies and not using your songs for your own benefit alone.

Isn't that now sort of what we're doing?

BRD is still fun to play (unlike AST, which was gutted even more than BRD) and all, but it feels kind of wrong now. If I want to be a ranged DPS that does nothing but their own DPS, I'd just play MCH (which was genuinely improved in almost every way).*



*. to clarify, that is what I intend to do.