Bard:

Merge the Dots, and get rid of Iron Jaws. Have your DOT self spread, so you only use it once, and then have your DOTs current timer as part of your song gauge. Maybe include Refulgent procs as a thing you see on your gauge as well.

This wouldn't really make BRD less deep, it just would make the job a bit less busy for the sake of being busy, and would create room to give them more support oGCD abilities. Also would allow bards to have all their upkeep information in one place so you don't need to rework your UI to play bard.

Currently, all Iron Jaws functionally does is make you use TWO bites in the opener, rather than one, and make dropping bites worse. That adds some complexity to the job, but not much depth. The interesting parts of bard are its utility tools (which sadly are taking a back seat for Dancer's, which is its own problem), and how your rotation morphs between songs. DOT management is important too, but it honestly could just be a one button affair.

If bard gets a *really* wild new ability that requires a lot of focus, or a lot more single target utility that requires you to select the right teammtes for it or something, they could even make songs upkeep your dot, but that isn't necessary in my eyes, but streamlining maintenance so more focus can be put on the 'active' parts of the job is.