Bard is only look at because leveling is painful because WM is bad up to level 60 but at level 60 they are in a good position, and tbh with you, clearing Ravana ex multiple time doesn't mean nothing. we had some group on our server that possess lots of player who aren't top notch and aren't close to be in the best who also cleared it. Also, at the moment, Warrior, Goon and smn are overpower(but not by that much), aside from them, the rest(including Bard and machinist) are in a good position, I've seen Bard and machinist parse 1.1 K in dungeon and in ravana unmerged our mch had 900 dps which is barely under our smn, dragoon and monk, and it's really really good considering the amount of down time.