Dear All Bards,

[AskaRay]

I p much always start a boss battle with my macro'd Foe + Battle voice.

In fact, I ran into a problem today during WoD.... me and the other bard ACTUALLY tried to cast Foe's at the same time :O
That never happens, sometimes (usually) I'm the only one singing.........

[Saseal]

I p much always start a boss battle with my macro'd Foe + Battle voice.

In fact, I ran into a problem today during WoD.... me and the other bard ACTUALLY tried to cast Foe's at the same time :O
That never happens, sometimes (usually) I'm the only one singing.........

Now that I've sort of been forced to main Bard, lately.... (injured hand + WHMing is a little more difficult)
Pretty much same as AskaRay, except I don't have them macro'd. I'm always singing, when on Bard. I usually end up being the only one out of a whole raid >_> but occasionally surprised when I see Foes already on when I start singing it. *Stepcancel*
I tend to save Battle Voice for emergencies, though... (like shit hitting fans and healers needing MP badly) or situations like Odin trial.

But yeah. >_> I've also been in raids where there are tons of bards and yet I'm the only one singing. I'm usually inwardly flipping tables at the irony.
Once my mp depletes, no one picks up the singing and it stays down until I feel my mp's come back to a point of usefulness (and not singing something else).

I think the most interesting multi-bard raid setup I've seen was my playing Foes.... then the other bard playing Ballad (while no one needed mp) all during/at the same time. It felt like my Foes was up for quite a while due to ballad's regen, but I'm not 100% sure if it actually effected while both played at the same time. I haven't mimic'd this, though, as I don't know if it's considered more effective or not for that setup - vs Playing Foes till mp end, and the other bard picking up where the other left off/about to stop.

[AskaRay]

I think the most interesting multi-bard raid setup I've seen was my playing Foes.... then the other bard playing Ballad (while no one needed mp) all during/at the same time. It felt like my Foes was up for quite a while due to ballad's regen, but I'm not 100% sure if it actually effected while both played at the same time. I haven't mimic'd this, though, as I don't know if it's considered more effective or not for that setup - vs Playing Foes till mp end, and the other bard picking up where the other left off/about to stop.

Ballad definitely affects you while you're playing Foe's. I've seen it happen.
I mean, I'm not sure if it's WORTH IT.... maybe if everyone else is spewing magic left and right, but Foe's definitely lasts at least twice as long, if not longer, with another's Ballad running.

[Saseal]

Ballad definitely affects you while you're playing Foe's. I've seen it happen.
I mean, I'm not sure if it's WORTH IT.... maybe if everyone else is spewing magic left and right, but Foe's definitely lasts at least twice as long, if not longer, with another's Ballad running.

Okay, then I'm not crazy in thinking it seemed a hell of a lot longer xD;
I'm not sure either, considering Balled does take DPS down quite a notch.... but could also counter in that it keeps magey DPS higher for longer duration..... o_oa
I can't tell if it would be a somewhat even tradeoff (or more), or if just ending up with less overall party DPS output than if just trading on/off Foes...