Need Help with Bard Extra Skills

[Viridiana]

Depending on the situation, I might swap out Second Wind for Invigorate... but it seems like any time I find myself needing TP, others do too and I'm already singing Paeon, which solves my TP issue...

Wait, since when are we affected by our own songs?

[pandabearcat]

Feint is a dps loss. 10 second uptime means reapplication every 4 GCDs. It is certainly a skill that DOES help the tank, and I'm sure its of use in bahamut's coil if it is even applicable to the boss.

But in every situation a lancer is better off doing it than you, since it lasts 20 seconds. I have yet to see a lancer apply it in any group I've been in, and I've had no trouble. So it doesn't seen necessary.

If your group is having trouble with survivability, yes it will help. But frankly the vast majority of fights are DPS checks rather than survivability things.

Just ask yourself, do you keep up rain of death constantly? Its the same concept.

Whether we like it or not bard is a dps class, and support is secondary to pumping out dps.

Also as to our songs affecting ourselves, yes, they do. Even manasong (notice how it drains slower? its not because its intrinsically slower, but its because its restoring your mana as it drains it).

[Adera]

Wait, since when are we affected by our own songs?

Don't know has it changed but as long as I've been playing, I've been affected by my own songs including Paeon.