Since when is Bard an Archer?

[Finchley]

Hello peeps, can some one explain to me how a bard which plays a flute and buffs people with war cries and songs , is actually and archer in ff14 ? I only have experience with bard in ff11 and it deffo didn't have a bow !!

[Molly_Millions]

FFXIV =/= FFXI

[zaviermhigo]

How are you so late on this, we've know arc=brd for months now, if you need explanation maybe you should look and see BARDS don't use HARPS in this game, since there will be no job specific weapons, brds will be using bows, even after that the weapon advertised is like a bow-harp, more bow than instrument. Please check concept art readily available and the new job weaponskill video on youtube before posting something everyone already knows.

[Wynn]

Since SE needed another support class and ARC was the only one that even remotely made sense compared to what was left.

[Vydos]

(I'm going to be a bit straight-forward with my answer here. But don't take this as a flame or a personal assault.)

Bards are musicians, yes. But I don't recall there being a rule that states bards can't be archers or whatever. Let's be honest here, a bard could be anything besides being someone to spread tales through music. S/he could be a monk, swordsman, mage. S-E simply decided to make it an archer this time. With the nifty tool of carrying a harp that can change into a bow.

And as far as I can tell, yes this is a final fantasy game. And no, this isn't final fantasy XI

[Finchley]

How are you so late on this, we've know arc=brd for months now, if you need explanation maybe you should look and see BARDS don't use HARPS in this game, since there will be no job specific weapons, brds will be using bows, even after that the weapon advertised is like a bow-harp, more bow than instrument. Please check concept art readily available and the new job weaponskill video on youtube before posting something everyone already knows.

Oh I see , well I knew arc unlocked bard I just thought it was strange that arc would unlock bard but didn't think much of it until I watched the new job weapon skills and wondered why they showing arc and then realised it was the bard and I was like wtf ?? Any how I find it very strange that a Mage job Is now more a mele jon

[ChiefCurrahee]

Taken from the Final Fantasy wiki:

Bard

Bards (吟遊詩人 Gin'yūshijin?) use songs to cause effects, often buffing the party or debuffing the opposition via the Sing command.[4][12][35] They generally equip harps as weapons

in FFXIV bard use harps.

It just happens that FFXIV is badass enough to make bows transform into harps and back again depending on the abilites used.

[HiirNoivl]

Because a bow is a harp with one string

[Wolfie]

Because you're used to the idea that bards are FFXI bards.

D&D bards use swords, daggers, bows AND spells in addition to songs and war cries. They're also experienced thieves.

There isn't a single definition of what a bard does, besides songs.

[Finchley]

(I'm going to be a bit straight-forward with my answer here. But don't take this as a flame or a personal assault.)

Bards are musicians, yes. But I don't recall there being a rule that states bards can't be archers or whatever. Let's be honest here, a bard could be anything besides being someone to spread tales through music. S/he could be a monk, swordsman, mage. S-E simply decided to make it an archer this time. With the nifty tool of carrying a harp that can change into a bow.

And as far as I can tell, yes this is a final fantasy game. And no, this isn't final fantasy XI

Fair point ! I guess the ball game has changed slightly!