Quote Originally Posted by Garnix View Post
Why should it impact the lore? Didn't they remove abilities from a lot of jobs already without impacting much of the lore and simply by changing a couple job quests to use an action instead of another?
Why should it be different if they change how bard works?
Changing the abilities rewarded in a quest is one thing—though it can cause issues if the quest mentions the ability you’re about to learn, like some jobs do. However, completely re-writing Archer becoming a Bard is another. They would effectively doing a huge retcon, since the lore in the BRD quests mentions multiple times that a lot of archers become bards after their time on the front lines is over. This is saying nothing about the lore present in the Encyclopedia Eorzea series that would also have to be retconned. That is a lot of rewriting and a lot of developer work that could be better spent elsewhere in the game.

It would be far simpler to add Ranger/Sniper/whatever as a new job in 6.0 rather than rewrite ARC/BRD lore that has existed for years. (Keep in mind that ARC became BRD back in 1.0 after they added in jobs to the classes, so we’re looking at something that predated the current game’s lifespan.)