I mean, it still provides allies with some extra health.
Poor Alfira. It's not bad enough she ends up giving Durge's camp a fresh coat of paint, but all she gets from patch 8 is a subclass only as good as one of the weakest pairs of boots in the game.
Glamour Bard feels like it's sort of in the same boat as Wild Magic Barb
That reminds me, I need to use another one of those. I haven't used that subclass since I gained a decent grasp on the game...and I've had a wild magic sorcerer on the backburner for ages just begging for some extra chaos.