Now that I've played the job at 60 for a few days, it's clear to me that Bard has definitely been nerfed and needs to be tweaked back into parity with the other DPS classes. The loss of mobility is not so bad - i can get used to the nerf on my movement (I turn off WM for really movement intensive engagements). It's the dmg nerf that is so depressing. What makes this doubly depressing is that this dmg nerf is NOT offset by any new party support value at all.

This could be fixed in a few ways. The dmg increase under WM could be raised to 30%. Recast on barrage (while under WM) could be reduced from 45 sec to 30 and the recast on Emp Arrow and Sidewinder also reduced. They could also remove the loss of damage while singing Ballad or Army's Paeon while under WM.

Reducing recast on barrage would be my vote.