Quote Originally Posted by Toodles View Post
^SE wouldn't be dumb enough to require such a thing... there are legitimate ways to balance a more 'supportive' type without making it mandatory, or at least any more "mandatory" than any of the current DPS Jobs.

Every class has its niche (or should), it wouldn't be any different with more Bard-alikes if implemented properly.
Except that if it's too complicated to obtain the same result, which would be needed to not make them mandatory, the class would lose a lot of appeal. If the history of gaming has thought us one thing, it's that communities gravitate toward the path of least resistance.