Idk, I thought it was obvious to use FR when a mage is in the party. I'm not even 50 yet and I still do it on fates n stuff. Hell, I use FR when i'm grinding in DD and the WHM is spamming' holy.

Question: Bards use macros? wha? why? I feel like the only reason I would need a macro is if I ran out of buttons, or if I play SCH.