Dear All Bards,

[LLSmoothJ]

I very much hope the Machinist will be the one to fill this role. An insta-cast mobile range dps, akin to a ranger. All the brds that dont like to use all their available skills can hop on that bandwagon.
Not enough info is around yet, its hard to say if Machinist is going to be similar to smn pets, or more like totems.

I'm really hoping the Machinist will be nothing like Summoner (from what is seen of the "pets" thus far). Otherwise it'll be a wash and people would be furious wondering why they didn't just release the gunner/musketeer class in the first place (if they're not already).