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

[bideogames]

I once got yelled at in Garuda ex for using foe req. The spiny kept ending up on me and the off-tank yelled at me because it was somehow my fault that he couldn't grab it off (wut) whole group (the whole friggin group) threatened to kick me if I didnt stop using foe req. Also I usually don't use foe reqs for whm nuking unless I see them nuking because I forget to. A lot of whms won't nuke.

buffs generate anywhere from 15 to 105 enmity.

[Charisma]

I'll be honest. Didn't read most of this post, but any dps that use macros are lowering their dps. What you are describing is called the ability queue. Where when you press the button and it'll automatically cast the skill once GCD is up, but with macros you can't do that, at least not on this game. You'd have to manually push it with macros aka button mash, but there's still a delay compared to automatically using it. And that difference can actually become pretty major when relating to dps.

This is total bs... if u macro skills which are off the global cooldown, its no difference, they will be used instantly if your other skill is on global cooldown, thats why u macro all your 4 skills as bard, so it will be used, while the other skill you are going to use next, is on GCD. The numbers i put up on t8 tell a true story, and im not even going to react on the person who states, it would be worse than keeping up songs the whole fight.

Also lol at person saying any dps class is harder than healing, since dps classes are lolcake in every game, im pretty sure u never healed anything above garuda extreme.

However, nothing of whatever i said about macros change the fact, that bard is the easiest class to play, yet people fail at multitasking with it.
Dont bother replying about this macro bs anymore, because im not going to bother with it as well, im tired of people who never really tried to play a bard with macros, and still claim its a dps loss, because they dont know, how macroing skills, which are off the global cooldown works.

[Nicobo]

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

Maybe still better than the brd who singing TPsong only for himself during battle.... ofcoz,, it was a pld/whm/blm roulette. ^^;

[Cylla]

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THANK YOU! You said just what I did some posts back...I was starting to think I was losing my mind being told I was doing both my jobs wrong lol
And I'm not saying don't ever use balled neither. If you as a bard see the healer fighting on mana because either the tank pulled more then he should have, etc, by all means balled. But if a healers just spamming holy to the point where they don't have enough mana to keep their party alive, screw it. You can try and balled but that healer never going to get enough mana back to toss out quick cures if needing to. All you can hope for at that point is if they have SoS/mana potions off CD and your balled gives them just enough to get out of a tight spot. Point is, why should a bard have to balled a whole fight and lose dps when they can foe, help the whm dps and keep their dps up. Win win here people. Not hard.

[Lexia]

Me healing 8 man trial roulette. Bard sits in plumes 5 times. I raise Bard 5 times. Other healer off the edge.

Doesn't get Ballad from any of the three bards in the party.

lol at the boogie2988 table flip

[tOnni3]

I have no idea why this thread continue to 20 pages (I read only OP)
Can anyone tell me why, just want to catch up :x

[AiChyan]

I have no idea why this thread continue to 20 pages (I read only OP)
Can anyone tell me why, just want to catch up :x

People assumed OP meant that only baddies play BRD, and it went downhill from there

[TheMunimai]

Seriously you're moaning about bards not just jumping on the band wagon and singing songs?

How about asking - yes they have brains and eyes and can sing for themselves, but you have a tongue - well fingers in this case - USE THEM and stop moaning.

You know what I'd like? Less whiny healers that deplete ALL of their mp on holy because they want quicker runs of dungeons - that don't then moan that they have a lack of mp.

I'd also like white mages that know how to utilise shroud of saints to reduce enmity, and black mages that know how to use quelling strikes - priorities in my opinion.

[Tupsi]

Seriously you're moaning about bards not just jumping on the band wagon and singing songs?

How about asking

As said, I think the point is you shouldn't have to ask or tell someone to do their jobs. But like I also said, the issue is SE creating the generic style BRD which is more of an Archer DD than support, so it can be confusing when you see those song icons on your skill bars.

[Illya]

I'm amazed this thread hasn't been nuked yet. I guess the thrill of being the Bard is just that irresistible.