"New" Bard.

[Brandedblade]

I'd prefer my contribution to come from my actions, rather than merely whether I exist within X yalms of my allies... If that can take the form of active support, all the better, but I'd rather have active damage-dealing alone than lose potency to passive ("You exist") support.

I get what you're saying. But it doesn't seem like its "I just passively sit there and buff my group" and more "My reward for cycling through my rotation is to buff my allies" to me. That being said I can already visualize some ideas. Ranging from implementing Foe's, which while could still work on the 10k standardized mana, I keep wanting to see attached to the Soul Voice Gauge, to even things like Sidewinder debuffing the enemy with a small damage vuln if you execute it with both dots on the target. There is more then can do absolutely. I was just expressing my gratitude towards getting something back.