Dear All Bards,

[Sapphic]

Fixed it for you:



(Yes I have far too much free time on my hands at work).

That made me giggle snort XD Funny thing is, even if you qued as support in Rift, you were expected to go DPS. As giong 1xsupport 2xdps made things harder than going 3xdps. So you qued as support and then switched to DPS when you got in.

[NyarukoW]

Don't put the bard in danger, Foe's only good when they are close to the target. They are better off reserving that MP for ballad for the healers to res all the dead players over and over. The WHM and SMN players really do appreciate the ballads.

[SinisterJointss]

Honestly IMO (I main a bard) I play songs while in WOD, CT etc but if you are talking roulette expert it really depends on the situation.

Foe's whenever I have a caster or smart healer who dps's, maybe TP if its a speedrun but aside from that THERE IS ZERO REASON FOR TP or BALLAD IN EXPERT -- End of story...period.

Speedruns you can argue for TP or ballad even (holy spam) but by the time the next pull gets done everyone is usually full.


You can call it lazy all you want but at the end of the day its the truth. ANYONE arguing that is only lowering their dps. If you arent speedrunning you dont need TP or MP and RARELY do you need it even if you are speedrunning. Its called being more effcient, want me to play a song that lowers my damage by 20% when you dont even need it? Dumbest thing ever.


A good bard isnt a bard who just plays songs whenever they are barked at, a good bard is the one who plays without you asking and knows when to turn them off. Some of you people in this thread amaze me.

[NeoZanther]

I do tend to notice that I'm one of the few Bards that actually sings much. I try to sing when needed in dungeons and usually have Foes up on bosses in the CT runs just to speed it up some. If in 4 man content and there is a Blm or Smn then Foe will be up as often as possible. I've healed many a dungeon where there is a Brd and Blm and there is no Foe up the whole fight. If I do happen to see a Foe up often enough then that Brd will get my Comm.

[TheWaywardWind]

I do tend to notice that I'm one of the few Bards that actually sings much. I try to sing when needed in dungeons and usually have Foes up on bosses in the CT runs just to speed it up some. If in 4 man content and there is a Blm or Smn then Foe will be up as often as possible. I've healed many a dungeon where there is a Brd and Blm and there is no Foe up the whole fight. If I do happen to see a Foe up often enough then that Brd will get my Comm.

Singing is super important, and I make sure to pay extra attention to whatever Bard does in my part so I may commend them.

[myahele]

Foe Requiem: Reduces all enemy magic resistance by 10%. MP is drained while singing. Effect is lost if targets move out of hearing distance, and ends upon reuse. Cannot be used with other songs.

Note how it doesn't talk about a 20% damage reduction while playing?

The excuses that many of these Bard main use is so very disappointing. Other than losing MP there is NO penalty for using Foes if there is atleast one caster in the party and many healers will atleast dps a bit, too. Mobs/bosses die a bit faster on "easy" content.

[sayafrost]

I'm still learning BRDing, but hell if I see I have caster in party, of course I will use Foe, I also keep my eyes on the MP of the healer if they need Ballad, and at the beginning I always tell tank, that if they need to ask for Peony, because I'm so bad I still don't understand if they are out or not. If tank dies, and healer has enough MP after resurrecting, I go first with Peony to give tank at least a chance to get aggro back. But I noticed in CT, ST and WOD, even if there is casters, bards tend not to use Requem.

BUT I'm still learning to use it well - for ballad I train with my healer, so i get the idea where to start it without her asking.

[ShaneDawn]

Is it a wonder with more than 50% of the ppl semi-afking and leeching for rewards? It's not just bards, although I agree that Foe should always be up when multiple bards are present.

I Foe+BV and am the top dps in the raid like 95% of the time. As a bard. Just goes to show off how much people slack in the raid overall. I would rather direct my blame to anyone just afking there like an idiot.

[FranSeara]

Sorry, I never use Foes for easy stuff. WOD/CT/ST are easy mode. I like to save my Mp for the Healers. FYI: Foe's grabs hate. Most players are OVERGEARED for Pug raids.

[Elkya95]

Sorry, I never use Foes for easy stuff. WOD/CT/ST are easy mode. I like to save my Mp for the Healers. FYI: Foe's grabs hate. Most players are OVERGEARED for Pug raids.

FYI: If you're so overgeared for shit, why would you even save that mp for ballad when you can make the run go faster? Healers shouldn't even need that ballad unless they're bad.