So how would you buff bard? (Just like to hear peoples thoughts)

[Carighan]

BRD essentially has one DOT that takes two GCDs to apply, and takes up three hotbar slots. The redundancy was ignorable back then, but it feels especially clumsy in the current faster pace of fights. At this point, I would prefer the potency of Stormbite be moved over to Caustic Bite, Stormbite to be reworked to not be a DOT, and Iron jaws be replaced with something else. I like the current pace of fights, and I want BRD to be better equipped for them.

I'd use the chance to also declutter hotbars, which Bard can urgently need like most jobs can:

* Iron Jaws removed
* Stormbite left as-is
* Caustic Bite is a trait-upgrade from Stormbite that has Stormbite spread to one nearby target with its remaining duration each time it deals damage, effectively multiplying in AoE situations on its own. Otherwise exactly intact. And as you say, combine the potency.

So from 3 to 1 button, for actually more functionality than before. And it's not like Bard is lacking for buttons to push, anyways... Plus some extra AoE spice because eh, always useful.