This is incorrect. It is free.
https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/...93963979972608
Same for swapping grips on a Versatile weapon. Unless you actually drop the weapon entirely, you don't need to use an object interaction to "ready" it.Question asker: He's basically saying that switching between 1 or 2 hands is a non-action.
Crawford: That's correct.
So for the people who are saying Swords makes a better archer than Valor - in what respect are we saying that? For a damage focus? It seems to me it would depend how you want to play. If your goal is "archer first, bard second" then I think I get the argument. But if the goal is "bard first, archer instead of cantrip spam" then I would lean Valor. And at high levels you get to throw out an archery attack after casting a Bard spell, which isn't nothing if you're using Sharpshooter.