Quote Originally Posted by Easayia View Post
This is what SE chose to make the job for FFXIV many love it some would rather it be a mage music job instead but its not so you people need to move on from that already......
Is this why Bard went from the most popular DPS in Stormblood to the second least? The issue several current and former Bard players have is the job is Bard in name only. Nearly everything revolves around it's Archer/Ranger identity nowadays since they've slowly removed buff and debuff management. Song buffs are neither interesting nor engaging as they literally change nothing about your rotation. The Song Gauge is by far the most tacked on addition, having no actual use outside of Apex Arrow. Which, itself, is an incredibly boring ability that replaces Burst Show every 2ish minutes.

Bard was a hybrid. Now it's mostly a Ranger with some songs slapped on.