Quote Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP View Post
As for bard, they may not be all they could be, but you have to admit they're very different than other classes. They're the only class that can restore MP and TP for the whole party. They're the only class that can buff the magic damage of every caster in party. They're also the only class that can run around (and at a ranged distance) all of the time, while still attacking at full force.
The MP and TP regaining abilities are something that's rarely used, particularly TP.

Once the Gun class, which was originally slated to be released in 2010, is released, I imagine it won't be the only class that can run around while DPS'ing.

Again, this comes to a question of scale.

Think more outside the box:

Tanks with low threat, but high survivability.
DPS that can transfer hate.
A melee DPS with cast times that root them in place.
A healer that can damage themselves or party members to cure others (lol, imagine a Raise that required the player to use *all* their HP)
A pet job where the player does very little damage and their pet will die to a couple of hits, but does massive damage.
A pure support class
A pure debuff class (debuff resistance/immunity on bosses kinda negates this, though)
Evasion Tanks
Debuff Tanks
Drain Tanks
A DPS that does more damage the more enmity they have.

I'm pretty sure you could find examples of all these kinds of classes in older MMOs.