Will bard lose it's identity/class fantasy?

[Darkpaw]

Bard Definition: a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition.
synonyms: poet, versifier, verse-maker, rhymester, rhymer, sonneteer, lyricist, lyrist, elegist

Yup, a bow and arrow is definitely what defines a bard

because poetry and reciting epics, and singing songs will stop the empire from destroying Eorzea, it will stop ascians from their pursuit of remerging the shards and freeing zodiark, it'll stop the flood of light from engulfing the first right?

There are worse things than giving bard a bow that usually comes attached with a harp or is very harp oriented, there's nothing in the bard tool kit that calls attention to the fact that it's a bard. Bard doesn't use songs to power up their attacks, Their entire kit, it's just ranger/hunter esque with no musical flavor at all.