I refuse to answer because your awesomeness is repelling all my ideas about your thread.

Lemme try... hnng...
The Bard looks like a DPS-buffer, and from the actions list it looks like it's a balance between both. Bard being able to buff the party 'n sh*t while letting its arrows cope with Ifrit's balls. Looks like anyway a boost for the party, so Pugilists will be happy to hit more =)

This' basically how I see it. Now I just need to wait for 1.21 to test it, since it looks great!