If bard was deemed to be a support class then I think they should have MUCH more song variety. Even if the songs are sometimes very useful, its not anywhere close to often enough. A support class bard should have songs up at all times. In EQ1 there were so many songs you needed a spreadsheet to keep track of them all. That was a quality bard. Where is the mez? Where is the lull? Where is the charm? Where is the healing song? Where is the AC song? Where is the snare? To make bard a true "traditional" support class it would have to be completely revamped. I just dont see them doing that.

To be clear - Im not asking for ffxiv to be like EQ1, but if you are going to talk about "traditional" support class then that is the gold standard.