Bard's Thematic Future

[SamRF]

Thanks for the polling and sharing results! Very interesting to see.

It was really difficult for me to decide between healer, caster and ranged. I voted for healer but honestly I'd likely change my vote I think considering how healers are designed in this game (right now). Either way, I'd be happy no matter what if we'd get a pure Bard that is a BRD first and foremost.

I understand however that it's pretty unrealistic to expect an actual job split and also understand why people who may have taken a liking with current BRD don't want such drastic thematic change. Considering this and looking at the poll results, the most logical way forward for SE seems to be to simply add more musical and BRD like abilities to the job we currently have. By a lot, I'd say, since many still seem in favor of completely splitting and it won't be easy to satisfy those. They don't necessarily need a ton of extra utility (more than DNC for example) imo but simply more BRD themed animations for DPS abilities as well.