What I really would like to see and am much too lazy to make myself:
Change the bardic performance to something like this
Class abilities / Level*
Fascinate / 1
Inspire Courage / 1
Inspire Competence / 3
Suggestion / 6
Inspire Greatness / 9
Inspire Heroics / 15
Mass Suggestion / 18
Deadly Performance / 20
* without minimum rank or maybe half
and for ranks in different perform skills additional abilities…
Perform abilities (Act) Rank
Distraction 1
Sudden Change of Personality* 8
Two Faces* 12
Good Cop, Bad Cop* 14
Perform abilities (Comedy) Rank
Laughing Friend* 1
Etc..
*(I don’t have the slightest Idea)
This would be a giant load of work, of course, as 28 new abilities would be needed (36 (4 per 9 perform skills) – 8 that could be reused for specific perform skills (countersong for 1 rank in Perform (Sing), for example, or distraction as above)). But that are also a tremendous load of options for bard players to explore. Well. You are free to post your suggestions for abillities that are tied to specific perform skills, but, as I have said, I don't see that happen... ;)