Bard Needs ‘Looked At’

[Valence]

The 10-15% tends to happen in the first tier of expansions, which has been verified since ShB (BRD in ShB, MCH in EW/DT iirc). The gap is also higher in general there.

No, they really aren't.

Except for maybe Monk and Ninja.

And even then, MNK those days is pretty basic, the filler is now on autopilot like VPR (follow the glowy button) and does the thinking for you.
NIN plays a little piano during burst and the rest of the filler is basically 1-2-3 over and over. And even the burst isn't even about choices on the fly, it's a fixed memorized sequence anyway.

Melee can move freely also.

You have no cast times, unless you're RPR or SAM.

Melees also have movement tools, unlike BRD/MCH.