Lol... I must be miscommunicating with you, because you keep echoing the same problems I'm agreeing with you on. Yes, the job isn't terribly difficult to master. Yes, the clashing of River of Blood with WM makes for "artificial" difficulty. That being said, it still has created a skill gap between players who are and aren't optimizing Bard, which is why you've been hearing horror stories of Bards doing less than 600 dps on average. Also, I'm really confused by your repelling shot statement. Clashes with WM? You can buffer it between a GCD and you won't be interrupted @_@. The only time it doesn't work is if I'm lagging or I have the skill speed card from an AST. Also Flaming Arrow is admittedly difficult on a controller, but definitely doable (at least on a PC, I can't speak for the ps brothers :s).