Since when is Bard an Archer?

[Agoven]

Okay Bards and Bows have been synonymous since the beginning of days.

The reason why Bards go with Bows is simply because a Bow needs to be expertly strung to function properly. Henceforth, since Bards typically used stringed instruments or instruments that you need to tune properly...it has always been their weapon of choice.

[Rydin]

/facepalm

I just don't understand this. The first post under the original is that "FFXIV =/= FFXI", so the OP is being called out for comparing a game within the Final Fantasy universe but everyone else in here can post up counter examples from other places such as Robin Hood: Men in Tights (great movie btw) and no one sees anything wrong with that?

I think the OP has a valid reasoning for questioning why a Bard in this game carries around a bow instead of a Flute especially considering the fact that all the races are the same from FFXI. I don't care if the Rodaegyns don't have a tail in this game they are still a Galka and call the catgirls Miqo'te all you want, they are still essentially a mithra.

Point being is that no one questions those aspects but when someone compares FFXIV to FFXI you get a bandwagon full of people stating that this is not FFXI... Heaven forbid someone questions something that SE does, onoes!

/endrant

You're right. There is nothing wrong with the OP asking why and stating that his idea of Bard comes from FFXI... anyone that jumps on his case about that is wrong...
We all have games that weigh so heavily in our minds that everything that comes after is only judged relative to that one great game
The OP wasn't really even looking for an answer... Just a discussion... I would think we'd be able to handle that without fighting... guess not

Also... yea.. Men in tights owns