Quote Originally Posted by Oscillate_Wildly View Post
which I don't understand. Because they can't do guns yet, guns are a class onto themselves. They could have done crossbows, or something to do with archery. To throw bard in like that is silly, but I have to admit the bow harp is kind neat looking. Still depressing to see the term bard tacked onto Archer though. D:
I am of the opinion that jobs and weapons should be separate things altogether. There is a dichotomy between role-choice and weapon/ability choice. But SE, not recognising this, has chosen to blend both together in a nonsensical way.

It's difficult to get your head around archer becoming bard. They had to reinvent the entire weaponry to make it work because the armory system didn't allow it. And that's pretty damning evidence that Jobs shouldn't be tied to weapon and also further proves that bard should have been a class unto itself (since they had to make a new weapon for it anyway).

New weapon = new class with new set of abilities.

The whole thing is a mess now. Ahahah.