Bard's big list of problems

[HappyHubris]

Quick thoughts now that I've caught my BRD up to 90 and started savages on him:

1. Ladensbite looks and feels weird; I like the new AoE interplay but really dislike this animation/sound.
2. Overall, the class feels less active and more "squished" into the buff window. Longer songs, longer DoTs, and less active procs all combine to a bit of a routine between "slam all the buttons" windows.
3. I enjoy providing the new buff to my the raid; feels a bit more like a BRD.
4. BRD is hitting that tipping point where we have too many buttons; I prefer tight abilities lists. Bloat is creeping in with the new abilities, and some feel really duplicative with the new cooldowns (Ok, I have two self-buffs on a 120s cooldown? Two buttons to apply generic DoTs and another button to refresh both?)
5. If DoTs aren't going to do anything, what can they be replaced with? A default oGCD to use when things don't proc?
6. Buffs independent of DoTs is a quality of life improvement for say Fates and dungeon trash, but it does feel like it's reducing the class identity.
7. With the reduced Troubadour recast time it really feels like a raid mitigation cooldown that can be cycled in as opposed to a "once-in-a-blue-moon" ability.
8. Blast arrow doesn't feel satisfying at all. I would rather have seen our EW upgrade be to add a party buff to Apex arrow to make its placement more interesting. Or anything else.

Overall, 6.0 feels like more of a support and plays pretty well, though I miss the relentless activity of Shadowbringers and would like to see some ability pruning.