Quote Originally Posted by Beddict View Post
And on the other hand: hell no. I love the lore behind Bard, with the archers who saw the horror of war and sang for their fallen comrades using the twang of their bowstrings as the first instruments. It's a fantastic spin on both Archer and the classical Bard we see in other games, and I don't want them to just pitch that in a bin and retcon the shit outta everything.
i second that wholeheartedly. i get where people are coming from if they say bard right now is too much of an archer, i also understand why people may want something like a pure musical bard/pure ranger but i feel like to often people asking for a split like this ignore that theres also a part of the playerbase that likes something as is, at least from a general standpoint.

I mentioned this in another thread where someone mentioned "simply" splitting bard into bard/ranger, i like my bard/ranger as is, as a bowman that uses song to inspire his comrades still alive while lamenting those allready gone. Personally yes, i agree that gutting bards support in favor of dancer (if even that, may aswell have been in favor of bringing physical ranged as a whole down, and have nothing really to do with dancers introduction) was a bad move, and yes i wish current Bard had a bit more "Bard".

But simply deleting this class that saw their comrades fall, couldn't help them with their fight do to the nature and limitations of their fighting style, this class that in their own helplessness started to sing, started to once again help their comrades, this time through giving them hope and inspiration and in exchange giving us 2 completly different classes is a slap to the face for those that actually like the current bard lore.