Idea: Split Archer into Bard and Ranger

[RiceisNice]

What is the "LNC-esq" skill? Let me guess, Steel-speed? the selfbuff each dps jobs have already?

>A skill with no strings attached that buffs/allows access for another skill.
>A skill that grants a buff on attack, and has to be maintained by using it regularly and making sure you don't interrupt your combos.
>Shadow step, a carbon copy gap closer with a stun that's also used by dragoons and monks. To monk's defense, Shoulder Tackle used to have a range requirement, but now the two are functionally the same skills.
>More Positional.

The fact is when you take away the mudra system, you're stripping the class/job of any identity, and what you're adding makes them similar to that of a lancer without any distinction to the thief having it's own identies (unless you count in the animations...which are shared with rogue and ninjas). I don't see the point of adding a side job (or any other jobs for that matter) that plays similar to another class/job in this game setting.

And lastly, the thief class is already represented in the game as the form of rogues. The guild itself even said they were one associated as the thief, but rogue sounded better than the former as far as publicity was concerned.