ARC should not be a Bard

[Arya]

I like the idea of BRD, but I (like some others) did pick ARC because I liked the idea of being ranged DPS.

Classes being OP'd occur in every game, and in true FF style, SE will routinely "nerf" such classes to try and balance things (and likely end up OP'ing another class instead). Yes, there are players who keep jumping ship in order to feel they are "teh awesome" by seeing large dmg numbers on screen with every hit. However, I am still happy to play ARC even now (in fact, I like the change of skills seen so far and my LS regularly takes ARC into Ifrit and wins).

This being the case, BRD really makes a significant shift away from the idea of ranged DPS towards being more support/magic without picking up a wand (as has already been said). I really think BRD could (and should) have been made a separate class.

Of course, only time will tell how it feels to play ARC with these changes. I can only hope I will still enjoy playing it, because I am not sure if I want to play any other class (they don't particularly grab me - and I'm not one of those drooling at the mouth at the idea of being OP'd).