After running through savage for the week, I've found the 4.1 version of the Bard job gauge to be incredibly difficult to use. The element being semi-transparent while no song is active has been very misleading to me, where upon glancing at my gauge to see how long I have on a song, it looked like I had something active given I could see something, even if it was somewhat faint. This effect was only exacerbated by having a giant red bar underneath showing me my Straight Shot timer. At a glance, the songless-gauge resembles Army's Paeon, and with a timer, it really just looks like I have Paeon active and I have nothing to do but wait for my next cast of Minuet. If I could remove the Straight Shot bar at the bottom of the gauge, it would be far more usable for not just me, but every raiding bard I've talked to about it as well. Or, better yet, just go back to the 4.0 version.