Ranged DPS jobs - disappointing?

[Connor]

I can definitely see why Bard would feel awful to play at lower levels. As far as I’m aware it’s the only job that has an entire job gauge that literally doesn’t exist until level 80, since you don’t have access to Song Gauge until you learn Apex Arrow.

Personally I’d say maybe try and stick with it until level 80 and see how it feels when you have full access to what the job offers. Though that’s easier said than done if you aren’t enjoying it

In terms of where Bard will be in future it’s hard to say.

If their personal DPS is raised they have to take a hit to their already limited support capabilities.

If they get their support capabilities raised they become an immediate guaranteed raid spot and dps balance is broken.

If they try to balance personal DPS with raid contribution, then we’re likely going to fall into the same spot as we’re in currently, which is the ‘meh’ spot; you can’t fail with this job, but it’s like, ‘meh, can’t we get anything better lol’.

Given what devs have done before it’s likely that Bard will just receive overall DPS potency increases. Whether or not that will serve to make the job feel less ‘meh’ relative to others, i think we can only wait and see what happens when 5.3 drops to find out