How about like clerics turning into shamans, we give the same option for Bards turning into a class exactly like the old bards. This idea is not new, I'd just thought I'd bring it up again. This idea is definitely not hard to implement since all the code is already there. I know a few other, myself included who would be thrilled to play one, so the demand is definitely there. So what do you all think?
New Bard path at 30
I think you need to ban healers and bards from your char choices 
on a side note, I liked old bards, have not played one since the revamp though, but they appear to have undergone a few changes, but scourge needs to stay gone, thats ALOT of damn spiders.
I like the idea.
I miss the old bards. I'll never forget when Terilichus challenged my berserker to a fight, and we ended the challenge in a draw. We both were stunned. Me from coming out of my rage, and him because I won the challenge. Bards really didn't need a change.