Uh nope....
Bard life forever. I'm fine with the change, at least the concept. And I don't think WM is going to go away. I do predict a buff in the damage output, however, since everyone is complaining. (I never read anywhere about Sidewinder proc Barrage...was that a thing?)
I'm staying with bard. I'm still okay overall not doing high DPS because we are still a walking TP/MP regenerator. (We can't have top DPS, regen, and hit everything from everywhere).

I also picked bard because it was this game's archer. I was sad that there wasn't a ranger class, but that was okay. I still decided to be the best bard I could.