Quote Originally Posted by Gyli View Post
I think it needs to be a 50/50 as well or it needs to be 70% support and 30% damage. Bard in nature have been support orientated across final fantasy games.

As for the change to Bard changes in FFXIV here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gOooN8BmhY

Go to the discussion about bards near the end to see the changes.
I agree with you, I think Bard has sort of lost some of it's iconic support capabilities. I've checked a lot of what people are saying as well as had my own experiences with it in phase 3 & 4, and it seems the general consensus is that the support capabilities have been watered down a bit. Whether or not people agree or disagree with the idea is a different story. Of course, the whole point of the thread is to open up a dialogue with people both about whether they'll play Bard and what they hope from it / think of it.