Bard is still my favorite job in the game however, I wish they would have come up with something else for bards. IMO WM has taken a job that had a great flow with a unique playlist and made it into a BLM with a bow. SE should have embraced 2.0 bard and came up with ways to improve core mechanics like its support roll or add more layers. ie. doing certain skills/combos with songs on will result in other bonuses like foe's gaining more damage or the caster gains a AoE that increases spell speed, etc. There was a ton of stuff they could have done to make bards say my tool kit has improved.

Also, bard is NOT at all harder to play. It actually got A LOT easier to play thanks to less oGCD weaving and Iron Jaw. What's actually hard about stopping a cast to move or what else about 3.0 bard makes people say it suddenly takes skill to play vs. 2.0?

If you love the new bard I'm glad some people are having fun. However, I hope SE will meet both sides in the middle soon.