Saying the bankers were never intended to be there was totally bogus and
designed to get people to stop complaining about this for fear they would be
removed. After all, one of the bankers (at least) gives out a quest that is
Kunark related. Were they really going to move him to be a new banker in
another city? I think not, his dialogue would then make absolutely no
sense.

Maybe they never intended trainers to be present, don't know, doesn't matter
since bards don't have one. Whatever the real reason they will never admit
it if it was a mistake and they left some out. Look at the whole ranger
defense skills debacle. IMHO that totally removed all credibility from
anything Verant says. They didn't want to admit they screwed up by not
raising Ranger defensive skills like all the other melee classes, so they go
to a ridiculous amount of bother to give them a spell to make it seem like
they really didn't need improved defensive skills. What a bunch of hooey.

Let's face it Verant is full of BS. Their game is cool make no mistake, but
they are a bunch of arrogant jerks who are at least as big of babies as they
claim all their customers are.

Still nothing we can do to change that. Eventually someone will come along
and supplant them.

On a more bardly note, anyone spotted Fabian who supposedly now is in the
game???

Kit

Gordon's answer is based on "We never meant this to be a one-stop shopping"
IMHO, people scream enough, they are more likely to remove ALL the trainers
and bankers than to put in a few.