Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
At least RDM got one. SE just sealed BRD to being the lowest dps, and not by a particularly narrow margin, for another full raid tier.
This. I've never been a fan of the ~1% passive rDPS relative damage, as it effectively just punishes Bard for unfortunate jump timings or banking songs for AoE opportunities or the like; I'd have much preferred that song choice become more flexible and influential, rather than even less nuanced. What's worse to me, though, is how large the direct damage nerfs were relative to the pittance of indirect damage provided. I can't help but think they could have forgone the nerfs outright, applied the MCH and DNC buffs, and had closer parity between Ranged jobs and all jobs in general.