WHY ARE YOU PLAYING A BARD IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SING?!

[Tupsi]

Not really. Telling a BRD to sing is more along the lines of telling the WHM to spam Holy to stun packs of mobs; also keep in mind the songs are effectively cooldowns. Telling a WHM to cast heals is similar to telling a BRD to do his DPS rotation and react to Straighter Shot/River of Blood procs.

BRD is a support class so it is like telling a WHM to actually use their heals. It can be confusing going with the generic representation of BRD that's an archer with the ability to buff occasionally, rather than a buffer with the ability to hold their own. Even the original FF BRDs can hold their own, even in XI, just not on the same level as other fighters.

Regardless though, I've seen plenty of eventually wipes because BRDs who won't use Mage's Ballads after us healers constantly raise either them or other people who don't know how avoid death.