Quote Originally Posted by Kat_Manx View Post
They're not Bards, which already have a firmly established way of being played.
Yes, Bards do have a firmly established way of being played, but given your argument it doesn't look like you know what that is, either. The majority of a Bard's non-archer based abilities are, oddly enough, related to songs. Thus, it's firmly established that you are a support role. If all you care about is damage output, then you're not being a very good Bard. Oh, wait, Square just introduced a song that's all about the damage output! Hurray, Heavensward lets you play Bard how you want! Oh, wait...