Artifact Armors!

[Rinsui]

No where in that response did it say that bard (wandering minstrel) was going to be one of the first 7 jobs

吟遊詩人= Bard
Also, they announced 7 Jobs.
Also, they announced, that for the beginning, there will be one job for each class.
Also, the class->job correspondence is obvious for most jobs, with the arguable exception being CON and THM (which, considering the Japanese name for THM, 呪術師 = Master of Curses, is obvious also).

So we have 7 classes, and 7 confirmed jobs.
The correspondence of 6 of the classes to jobs is clear.
Leaves us with 1 job and 1 class you are in doubt about.
Since in a 1:1 constellation, there is no degree of freedom for correspondence, it logically follows that archer->bard.

The new artwork for the 7 DoW/DoM classes shows the one with a bow to have some "strange apparatus" attached to his weapon.
That "strange apparatus" is thought by many to resemble some sort of stringed instrument.
While you may claim that it doesn't really resemble a lyra ( http://www.google.com/imgres?q=lyra&...w=1229&bih=612 )
you are just refuting the veracity of a minor and ultimately irrelevant detail. As we already know: the only class left to become bard is: Well? Did you listen?