Quote Originally Posted by Izularia View Post
While I agree with you to a certain extent, I noticed that I meet less bards in content than I used to before Heavensward. Could be because many went Machinists or whatever, but I don't know..

Looking forward to level my bard beyond 50 myself to see how it is with WM
Unfortunately, that's pretty anecdotal. I'm not doubting that may be what you have experienced (or at least felt like you experienced), but just yesterday I did the following:

A2
A1
Neverreap
Fractal

I was Machinist for all but one (I was DRK for Neverreap) and there was a BRD in every group I was in. And I noted that they all used WM. Again, the only people who know how many people quit playing BRD is SE, because they have all the metrics. Our personal experiences are far too anecdotal to even suggest a trend one way or the other.