Bards, Checking In!

[Viridiana]

I wouldn't say they are "off-CD abilities" They still have a "cast animation" that can delay your other shots. ATM at my level, I try to fit them 1 at a time in between GCD shots.

Well, yeah, they have the animation lock, but you can still use them while everything else is on CD. That's more what I meant.

[Wishles]

Anyone know if Foe's Requiem increases the damage of BM, Summoner's Limit Breaks? I haven't had a good time to test this and have done this a few times. Not much difference though but it's a good thing to know if it works.

[LunarEmerald]

I wonder if foe's requiem could be good for fates. If you have it on, you give off hate to any enemy that comes within distance. Put it on and as soon as new fates enemies spawn, they'll instantly target you.

[Darkov]

Anyone know if Foe's Requiem increases the damage of BM, Summoner's Limit Breaks? I haven't had a good time to test this and have done this a few times. Not much difference though but it's a good thing to know if it works.

It is a debuff on the mob, so it should, but then I don't know how the actual mechanics work, they might be more complicated than that behind the scenes.

[Stryfe3189]

Just became a Bard last night. Can't wait to try out the songs when I can actually log back in. lol

[Lefeauge]

So I've been getting back on my BRD since 1.0 and I'm having a blast. Was wondering how everyone feels about Foe Requiem. Usually I like to use it to get some extra dps on the boss but sometimes I feel its better to save my mp so I can get the healer/SMN's mp back when it gets scary. Are people seeing some actual dps increase from other damage dealers? I'm guessing the only class it really benefits are casters?

[Mizundastud]

New Bard checking in. Feeling accomplished.

[pandabearcat]

Foe requiem seems utterly useless even if there are classes that it increases the damage for. I can only keep it up for maybe a minute before Im out of MP. x_x Any tips on how/win to use it, if at all? Halp!

First of all, it doesn't lower your dps, and is the only song that doesn't do so (the others all lower dps by 20%).

Second of all, you use it with bard's voice to double the effect to 20%.

If you use it with a BLM's cooldowns, everything (I mean everything) will melt. A raidwide (esp if you're running an AoE heavy 2-3 BLMs for say, garuda hm) damage bonus of 20% for 1 minute every 2-3 minutes? Thats pretty good!

It -should- affect all elemental attacks, but I haven't tested.

[LunarEmerald]

I tested Requiem with Battle Voice on HM Ifrit nails before Black Mage used meteor. Didn't notice a damage increase.

Not sure limit breaks are affected by buffs.

[LunarEmerald]

First of all, it doesn't lower your dps, and is the only song that doesn't do so (the others all lower dps by 20%).

Second of all, you use it with bard's voice to double the effect to 20%.

If you use it with a BLM's cooldowns, everything (I mean everything) will melt. A raidwide (esp if you're running an AoE heavy 2-3 BLMs for say, garuda hm) damage bonus of 20% for 1 minute every 2-3 minutes? Thats pretty good!

It -should- affect all elemental attacks, but I haven't tested.

I can confirm that it does increase the damage of Holy for White Mages.