Patch 3.1 Known Info?

[Ayerinn]

Only thing that needs done with Bard/Machinist is get rid of the damned cast times...entirely.

Agreed - I am fairly new to the game (started at the end of May) and leveled a BLM (fun, annoying though with all the movement in this game.) Then I leveled a warrior...fun, but I don't tank I just always have to have a warrior in any MMO. So then I leveled Bard and it was so much fun UNTIL 52...and then I realized it was basically just another BLM (w/o burst) with the option to do 30% less damage in exchange for movement - meh.