I mean... bard used to have..

1 Heavy shot
2 Straight Shot
4 Raging Strikes
6 Venomous Bite
8 Misery's End
10 Shadowbind
12 Bloodletter
15 Repelling shot
18 Quick Knock
22 Swiftsong
26 hawk's Eye
30 Windbite
34 Quelling strikes
35 Foes Requiem
38 Barrage
40 Armys Paeon
42 Blunt Arrow
45 Rain of Death
46 Flaming arrow
50 Wide Volley
50 Battle Voice

And that is not even including the cross-action abilities from other jobs that were mandatory by level 50.

Blood for Blood (Lv.34 Lancer)
Feint (Lv.2 Lancer)
Invigorate (Lv.22 Lancer)
Second wind (Lv.8 Pugilist)
Internal Release (Lv.12 Pugilist)


Thats 26 abilities at level 50.

There is a reason we have less abilities at low level now, by level 90 you would have 50+ abilities.