So I've been in parties with a few bards the past couple of days and it seems like they play ranger - they're just doing the usual DD stuff with their bow and arrows. I've seen them occasionally pop off a few songs before battles, but rarely during. Since I've not played bard or archer and this is dramatically different from XI's bards, can anyone give me a rough idea of the utility of bards over a simple archer and a basic idea of what a bard should be doing so that I know whether a bard in a group is just being lazy or not? Thanks!