Riot, I like the design direction of Bard

That's how you should be designing supports: they should bring something to the team that no one else can bring.

Older supports don't really bring anything special that no one else does. Sure they have stuns, slows, or knockups, but so do almost every other champ. So anyway, thank you for designing Bard with unique parts in his kit. I'm going to enjoy playing him.