I'm sorry that you're more enamored with the symbol on the soul crystal than creating a class that could actually function in 2022 FFXIV. Archer is a part of Bard and its here to stay. What you're suggesting simply creates more issues, especially in the realm of balance. What happens to Nu-Bard when square decides it has too much utility and is crowding out other classes? Bard works fine, it simply needs more of what it used to have, namely Foe Requiem and Refresh.

What you're suggesting does NOT suit bard's fantasy, it ignores and devalues the class it's built on, for the sake of people who don't even like the class to begin with. This would piss off people who like how the job plays now, and people who LIKE playing with a bow. All of its abilities and skills are thematically relevant, you simply do not like it. Bard does not have to play like FFXI's Bard for it to fulfill its role as a battle singer. It just needs more of what it used to have.

And buddy, we already have Apex Arrow 2. Its called Blast Arrow.