Bard Ultimate needs a rework

There are various reasons why Bard is considered useless, but a main reason is his lack of damage dealing spells. No other champion in the game has 2 spells purely for "utility". In fact, the only other purely for utility spell i can think of is thresh's lantern. Bard only has one spell that deals damage (yes, his passive does a little, but not enough)!!!! I understand Rito not being able to change bard's tunnel because... Bard is the "Wandering Caretaker". That will be like making Garen a Noxian.... it goes against his name of "The Might of Demacia". So, to make Bard a more viable champion in all levels of the game, I wish for a rework on his ultimate; namely to make it a stun or a knock-up instead of a zhonya state. Why would this make Bard infinitely better? He would have an actual role in team fights; to land a good ultimate, instead of wandering around the edges trying to slow people from time to time. It would make his wandering a much better thing, too... if he sees his mid-laner diana in a skirmish against their yasuo, he can use a tunnel to get to the river fast, shoot the ult towards mid, and let Diana pick up the kill. This way Bard would have a lot of pressure on other lanes when he is wandering, in addition to having more presence in lane with a possibility of a long range stun always there. Before everyone starts whining about long range stuns op, and that no one cares about Bard, it's Ekko time.... cmon guys, Bard might not be as strong as Ekko, but he's fluffy and cute. Also, aoe stuns isn't a new thing.... Sejuani has a long range one (and is banned a lot), Kennen has a good aoe stun too, and there are also many other champions that have the like; Alistar, Orianna, Nami, Braum, Galio, Malphite, to name a few. I feel like making Bard's ultimate a stun would let him actually have a kill potential in lane (which he currently does not), and would also give him an actual role in team fights (which he also lacks), making him an actually viable champion in play.

I really like Bard and I want to see more people (more than 0 people) play him in ranked matches. No, troll picks don't count. In his current state, he is terribly UP, and even a god Bard will most likely lose to a silver Nami. Please upvote this thread or add comments below so Rito will hopefully see this thread and provide Bard with a much needed buff.