FFXIVs bard should be something like this.

[viion]

Well unfortunately its probably too far in development and since SE have barely passed anything to us, its probably all set in stone, thus w/e we want will not happen and only their idea/vision will prevail.

And I still think it will end up being an XI clone in the end as its the simpliest way. It may go from Arch to Bard and use bows but most likely you either

1. Switch to harp
or
2. Bows with harps have low atk and stats relating to Bard. And by "Switch" I mean similar to how you can equip shield but it doesnt do much unless you actually hit "Guard" so it could be similar to this.

But that would mean an current over powered class gains a overpowered buffer would be some serious multi-tier powered class lol. And as SE QA sucks complete balls at balancing it will be a disaster.

Maybe they've thought about this, maybe I am wrong completely and it will be something we have no idea about.