They are still committed to Bard by Release as far as we know. I agree that any other Classes are not likely until after Release.
We're also still waiting for our last 3 Races. I really want my Dire Lord to be a Skar. And if they get Wizard working more smoothly, I want a Gnome Wiz.
Thats why its listed as Future classes. This is way later, hoping first expansion ties into that large frozen continent north of our current continent. I would like to see a Barbarian race possibly added into that with frozen waste and snowcapped mountains. Of course good time to introduce Bezerkers.
As to Bards, my Fav class. Just hope they do them right.
I believe "spell blade thing" is called a Bard :)
Still waiting to see what they have planned for this class before I can even decide on what to play. I'm leaning toward Warrior or Ranger because I like the gameplay... but if Bard offers similar gameplay AND CC, I would prefer that to tanking or pulling without CC... but we don't even know that yet :(
So Bard is the "future class" that needs to be a present class :)