The main reason I'm going with bards is they are just very safe to play. Easy as well! I actually tried going with a MM>Brad>Sab in beta for more DPS and healing when i needed it. But after lvl 21 or so, i found that i really enjoyed keeping bard maxed, have all my buffs up and just being a bad ass support unit for any raid lucky enough to be in the same place and time as my super buff trio! Also I felt powerful enough, offensively, to more than get by. With Coda of Fury in the mix, stuff died plenty fast enough! All the Codas,,versas..motifs..mezes you get deeper in the tree, just sound like they will make invasion raids and rift slayers fall in love with ya! Ill give up a tiny bit of DPS for more healing and buffing uberness!

I am also concerned that they might nerf bard healing in some way, we will see. But like many of you guys, i will level sets of the same archetypes anyway, until I have one full set of each, so bards are the easiest choice to start, for me anyway. I am also looking forward to seeing what crazy spec and combos others come up with, and cant wait to try them all out! As long as Rift keeps me long term 8)