The secret truth is, Bards in FFXIV don't shoot arrows at all. They just pull their bowstrings back and dry-fire them, singing all the while. The damage they deal is actually psychological - the enemies are so pained by their ill treatment of their bows AND their awful singing that they just stab themselves every time you "fire an arrow." Any arrow you see on your screen is just a shared delusion because you really want there to be arrows. But, sadly, there simply aren't.