Bards, Checking In!

[Connor]

While I'm aiming to be a bard. I miss the classic FFXI bard.

I don't have a problem with "Barcher" itself, really. The problem I have is that there's an imbalance between singing and damage dealing.
I hate being one to posit some arbitrary percentages, but I'd say Bard has become around 70% Damage and 30% support.
Damage dealing and stuff is fine, but I'd much rather see it as 50/50 between damage and support.
Don't let it put you off Bard, though! Songs still have a lot of uses, even if they are in limited number.

What does everyone else think? Should Bard become more support-oriented? Less? Or is it fine the way it is?


EDIT:

Are you sure of that? Because if i check popular sites with guides or even wiki they all still say its 30 archer 15 conjurer for a bard?

http://www.ffxivinfo.com/job/bard.php
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV

And if im wrong can you direct me to some accurate pages so i can start on the right foot this weekend?

Well, to be honest, there's a lot of ambiguity with it. While I didn't take screenshots or anything, in Phase 4 Bard could only cross-class abilities from Pugilist and Lancer. However, a lot of people are saying that the Pugilist affinities didn't show Bard on them, while Conjurer ones still did. It's hard to say as pulling from Pugilist could have been a bug; conversely, it could just be the affinities that are bugged.
I'm sorry that I can't give you a definitive answer as of yet, but once Early Access comes I'll check again, and it'll be more likely that the subclasses are concrete. I'll come back to this thread and post which is needed, since I'm sure a lot of people are wondering about this question!

If anyone has a better answer for Mrzappa's question, let us know what you've found!