Bard does not make sense as a job

[Shirobi]

You know, this type of thread keeps popping up and popping up and it's time someone takes a hammer to the concept that bards in XIV are not bards because they don't ONLY sing songs.
There are a few problems with this, first, there is no such thing in XIV as a pure support class, so every support class needs to be able to deal dps as well. Secondly, look at history, the first bards on the battlefield WERE archers, that's what this is based off of, rousing your comrades IN battle, not during little breaks, not during just the marching, Bards were used IN battle, to sing songs and raise the spirits, to spur the troops and what is it WE do as bards in XIV? the exact same thing. If you are going to judge based on a preconceived notion, learn the history behind it first please.

The traditional fantasy bard has never been an archer. Nor were historical bards archers. What on Earth are you talking about?