Minstrel skills interruption, Bug/Change?

When getting within the Weapon's Auto Attack range, your minstrel song skills will cancel the 'Guitar playing' phase, instead summoning the guitar, guitar fades, and then the animation stops to favor auto attacking, if not within weapon's auto attack range the skills function as you know them to always have; Press skill, guitar appears, walk around playing the guitar normally like you aren't in a life or death battle (minstrel is a *Mood* ), Reaching weapon range and stop moving will also interrupt song to force an Auto Attack.
It's Particularly damaging, borderline inutilizes Minstrel entirely, as if you are ranged, and you are forced into being close up to boss, your song will force-interrupt to favor auto-attacks, building stacks will be impossible/Highly costly of MP, and time dedicated to spaming Ad-Lib as compensation for the interruptions.
I used the free reset at the time to rebuild my support ground-Up, as this bug killed my minstrel build, I use Magic device, Ranged weapon.
Bow having 12M range literally can't build stacks at all, song interrupt always, just, wtf...

This begun in the Update that added the super buffs to katana and Halberd some months ago, the extra GSW shortcuts for Halberd and such, it modified *Something* (specific change not specified) about Magic devices auto attack motion as well, which also caused its own set of interruption bugs like interrupting first aid and target ally support skills like Express aid, which seem to be fixed in recent updates, not listed on the bugs list, included in the vague "Minor bug fixes" (its not minor at all, cant count how many times I died trying to aid ally because my bloody support skill would force an Auto attack on enemy and I die)

Anyhow, is it Bug, or horrible terrible decision from asobimo? I'm not trying to be spicy, I honestly can't tell, because it's Asobimo. They thought magic cannon exploding you was a good decision. They are crazy and prideful of their bad decisions.

I need to know if this is a general bug, some bug/glitch specific to me and my character conditions, also reminder that Minstrel indeed still exists, and to gather information.

 

pretty sure that's a bug.
singing should only end when you manually give an attack/skill command or when you take damage.

 

I really hope it's a bug, I want my minstrel back ,_,) already reported the bug once again, I wonder why it's taking so long to fix

 

So, it's been almost a year, Minstrel still bugged. I'm REALLY thinking that this is not a bug, but a purposeful, terrible change from asobimo, because I've sent several bug reports in detail, bug report even on their video comments, and not even the usual "Know issues" updates has included minstrel. or they just don't care enough, it would not surprise me, katana and duals get lightspeed bugfixes if their stuff is not working, support players are few within the game, favoritism?

In any way, it's been nearly a year, their indifference isn't a good sign, Asobimo L

 

Yeah its a pain, but on the positive side we can make 0 mp ad-lib opener

edit:
If you really need the minstrel skill use this sequence:
1. Any song skill
2. Got interrupted due to auto attack range
4. Use combo ad lib (opener) -> any short range skill e.g smash, stun, etc
5. Stay outside of the short range skills

 

... Huh, that's a great work-around I suppose, but I already used my free reset to delete (most) minstrel skills to change build, Pain
well ty for the tip

 

FINALLY Got a response from toram support after my last bug report, not a guarantee of a fix but it's alleviating they finally took a look at it, my 5.. 7th bug report now? ;w; and a Year of unplayable minstrel, PAIN

the bugs usually get fixed after they respond, I hope it will be the case here, minstrel players, Play good vibes pls

also ty again arv, I'm using (Song/Ad Lib>Holy fist) combo now, had some very limited spare points and it works well as a temporary fix