A Bards point of view.

[Aldora]

Whenever i play as a Bard, i can always tell by looking at the MP bars if a Ballad is needed, but i never tell how much TP the DPS or Tank has left. So, it’s hard for to determine when i should be playing the “Army’s Paeon”. When i’m in a group that pulls large mob packs or reaches a boss which might take a while to take down, i’d say that people should inform me when they want me to play the “Army’s Paeon” for them.

I hope that SE will allow us to see the TP bars from our party members through a future patch.

In the meantime, i’d stick to playing “Foe Requiem” if we have a Black Mage in our party, play “Mage’s Ballad” when the Mages gets low on MP and “Army’s Paeon” when i’m low on TP after spamming my AoE’s on larger mobs or in between battles.

“Foe Requiem” should only be needed if you have a Black Mage in your party or when the White Mage goes full DPS on the enemy. I believe that the Summoner and Scholar DoT’s and the DPS of the other classes don’t deal Elemental damage, so “Foe Requiem” would be a waste of MP (at least that’s what everyone has been telling me).