Musketeer Needs a Job

[Shougun]

shogun im still not getting what your saying. you dont want bard to fight just do songs?? help me out here on this.

I want the bard to have its focus on songs, such that he is playing all the time (or at least almost). I would be interested in creative mechanics based around music like letting him set up musical zones that he can control tempo to by adding songs- or something that has to do with music and add waves. So a mage mechanic unique to bards would be cool - rather then a black mage or white mage Bard works in his own way.


There are many ways you could make the Bard offensive and use an instrument. I have no problem with the bard being able to hit monsters with a screeching sonic blast - but I have a problem when I watch the "bard" in my party being a "ranger" (and its not their choice, their bard spells you just cast once and let sit and their archer spells you cast over and over).


So in sense, yes do songs - but not exactly like FFXI.

Edit:

Or like Reika suggested- just make the instrument attack. You dont need to make a special mechanic like I was suggesting lol (not that I would be against classes with unique systems)