So about bard 7.0

[SaitoHikari]

They removed DoTs affecting song procs, but I can't see why they can't just merge both DoTs into one and then have that one DoT affect the soul voice gauge as it did before the expansion, just without it affecting song procs this time.

More things need to affect and use the Soul Voice gauge in general. Actually, while I was in the process about thinking about the Soul Voice gauge, I had one realization...

The Bard rotation barely changes at all from level 52 all the way to level cap. We get a grand total of 1 skill on the GCD that isn't tied to some kind of proc at 56 (Iron Jaws), 1 GCD tied to the Soul Voice gauge at 80 (Apex Arrow), and 2 damaging oGCDs (Empryeal Arrow at 54 and Sidewinder at 60). Everything else is tied to a proc that is merely a higher damaging version of the skill used to trigger it, a party buff, or is merely a damage increasing trait.

You could literally move the Soul Voice gauge and Apex Arrow to, say, level 60, and all the pieces would already be in place for it to work there. I don't think any other ARR job actually unlocks a new gauge so late at freaking level 80+.

Also, Shadowbite and Refulgent Arrow still being separate buttons from Heavy Shot/Burst Shot and Quick Nock/Ladonsbite makes very little sense, unless the devs at one point planned (or are planning) for us to be able to stack procs for both skills.