Quote Originally Posted by Endemerrin View Post

I think it's just an awesome idea. It's fresh and new, compared to rangers, which we've seen in plenty of MMORPGs. They're going outside the box on this one, and introducing a new concept for a job - something a lot of people were begging for. I think it's going to end up being an incredibly fun job to play. Funner than bashing your face into a keyboard and watching big numbers pop up on your screen in my opinion (Though, to each their own. Some people enjoy that style of play).
I agree that we all need to wait and see exactly how the bard is supposed to be implemented in order to judge it's role. But with that being said, I also think that there's no saying how "new and fresh" the idea actually is. If the new "Barcher" was simply a corsair in disguise, then they would ultimately be redefining the roles of the classic bard, and the archer in XIV.

It could be a great thing, but that doesn't disprove that the classic support style bard will be nixed, or that the archer's DD role is being changed into a support/DD role (like the corsair).