here are some improvements/suggestions i came up with taking into account more support + music based abilities

1) Replace 'Repelling Shot' with a new ability: shooting out a 'grappling hook' to move around with, make it target like ninja's Shukuchi. also, do not make it need you to be in range of target. this would also fix the issue of repelling shot being pretty much useless. im almost never close enough to use it and the animation delay makes it near impossible to use... it would also give you more of a visual of where you go! no more jumping off the ledge!!

2) for hotbar management: make 'Wanderer's Minuet' replace with 'Pitch Perfect' when minuet is in use. you can't use pitch perfect outside of the song anyway, why give it its own button?

3) merge caustic bite and stormbite into one dot skill: this way you arent eating up more gcd time! it can start as 'venomous bite', add in the effect of wind bite, and upgrade them when caustic bite and stormbite are unlocked.
this would make iron jaws pretty useless, but maybe buff its potency to make it more useful? or just get rid of it, less hotbar space.

4) make song effects stack, it is.. so annoying when there's another bard in the party and the buffs are constantly swapping. doesn't even matter if you are using different songs, because they don't stack anyway ;w;

5) make quick nock not require a target... i don't even know why it needs one in the first place. its shooting in a cone in front of you, not around what you are targetting

6) a temporary rez: hear me out ok?? make it like living dead, will just die again if not healed to full. OR there could be no cure and you die again anyway. but it would be very useful to get a healer up again for some quick real rezzes
concept wise, it could be like singing for them and granting new inspiration to fight
could give it a cast bar... casting is not ideal but a rez is a powerful ability

7) other party buff things: do something with warden's paean... i dont think i have *ever* used it. maybe make it into a 1 person dps buff? idk
make it more clear in nature's minne description that it can buff shields too!

8) this applys to dnc and mch as well, make it so that you cannot use troubadour/tactician/shield samba if you are already under the effect of one of these. it cant be stacked, so this is just making sure you cant accidently waste it
can also do the same thing with battle voice, cant use it if you already have the buff on you

9) add another soul voice thing, maybe to even replace apex arrow but it would be good to have variety? my idea is a big party buff to crit hit or overall dps, the buff increasing the more charge you have. similar concept to battle voice, maybe call it crescendo? to make the name more accurate, you could have the buff increase over time before it falls off

alright these are all the ideas i can come up with for now uwu
i dont expect to get any of these but they would be pretty cool