MakazeKiba

I can't remember how far back it was, but I remember grinding Block Golems in Eos Tower for 5 days straight. Most likely, my recollection comes from pre-BB though.

On a darker bit, I remember stealing money for my NX habits... those were bad times.

What you're [proposing] is a [rather] vague and horrible idea unless they increase character slot limit.
Also, don't forget [that] Cannoneer already has its own link (making only 12 jobs avaliable for that). I'm [more] than sure people would [rather not] waste 10 of their current 40 character slots neither their time to make 10 job link skills. [It's not as if there] aren't enough link skills already.
MakazeKiba's idea is way more reliable.

No offense, I had to correct that. It kinda hurt to read.

Class Name: Bard
Class Type: Magician
Weapon Type: Musical instrument of some kind.

Like a lute, as in Dungeons and Dragons?

Assuming the DnD archetype, it would be hard to make a sufficient Bard-character, making it suffer like the Cleric has over the years. Short of making the Bard have map-wide party-buffs, which Beast Tamer has already, you could make Bard a heavy debuff utility. For example, you could have auras (sorry Battle Mage) of music that applied slow, darkness, DoTs, or attack power reduction. Stronger, high-CD utilities would include binds, seals, and outright damage vulnerability. However, such abilities would make bosses an absolute joke, causing additional balancing problems in-game.

You might need a lawyer for this, but it's what I found to be the most relevant to what your attempting to do. (Link here for reference, section 8)

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uh, no. What about the people who come into a lower level map to kill an elite boss because a lower level person is asking for help. Should they be screwed out of the reward they earned by going in and saving the lowbies rear end?

And what about the vultures that camp popular maps like Silent Swamp? Let me tell you, it's rather annoying to deal with bored high levels when you're trying to get an Elite to spawn. I have had to change maps many times to avoid the utter crap-chute of elite-leeches when one happens to see the map go Dark. Moreover, that issue of taking on the Elite with others is still possible- just get like-leveled people into it.