Why do people prefer having another bard?

The simple fact is that Titan is a difficult fight for mage dps. The constant moving around makes it difficult enough to get any spells off let alone keep up a decent rotation. There are periods in the fight where you can be reduced to spamming scathe as BLM. The inherent squishiness of the class doesn't help either, a small mistake that can leave a mellee hurt but still standing will leave a mage having a lie down.
I tried this fight several times as BLM and found it nightmarish, I switched to MNK and it was like a completely different fight. I think if you asked people to list their top reasons for titan fails pretty much everyone would have mage death at the top of the list. Casting times kill.

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Originally Posted by charlemagne

The simple fact is that Titan is a difficult fight for mage dps. The constant moving around makes it difficult enough to get any spells off let alone keep up a decent rotation. There are periods in the fight where you can be reduced to spamming scathe as BLM. The inherent squishiness of the class doesn't help either, a small mistake that can leave a mellee hurt but still standing will leave a mage having a lie down.
I tried this fight several times as BLM and found it nightmarish, I switched to MNK and it was like a completely different fight. I think if you asked people to list their top reasons for titan fails pretty much everyone would have mage death at the top of the list. Casting times kill.

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Cast times sucks but that is not the reason why you are getting two bards. A good BLM is only slightly better than a mediocre Bard and most would work with the Bard just for the extra ballads.

That's weird. Another FC I do events with every once in a while were specifically looking for a BLM the other night for HM Titan.