Bard - they broke my job

[SaitoHikari]

Hi guys, I'm rather new-ish to Bard, and like many others here, I loved the class until I got WM. Once I capped, WM left me so disgusted that I pretty much dropped Bard and tried out other classes. Two months later, I had a strong urge to return to Bard, and I found that WM really wasn't that bad. I actually loved the class again. Maybe I was just playing Bard incorrectly as a whole before.

Anyway, I came in here for advice since I can't find a recent guide thread to post in, like what all the other classes have.

In dungeons when facing packs of mobs, what should be my priority? Would it be more effective to focus down a single mob while throwing out the occasional Rain of Death, or should I be going around tagging 2-3 mobs with Windbite/Venomous Bite and spam the hell out of Quick Nock/Rain of Death resets, while using single target non-global CDs whenever possible? I've been using the second method, and while I think it seems effective (although REALLY messy), I've gotten strange reactions from party members about it. That and I may end up ripping aggro off the tank, especially if I have all my buffs up. (Thankfully Quelling Strikes is there to save me.)

Also, how do you guys manage using your buffs? I think my starting rotation is like...
Straight Shot -> Bloodletter/Rain of Death -> Windbite -> Empryeal Arrow -> Venomous Bite -> Heavy Shot/Quick Nock/Iron Jaws/Straight Shot/off globals as needed.

But how should I weave in Raging Strikes/Hawk's Eye/Internal Release/Blood for Blood? Do I Straight Shot -> DoTs, then cast all four at once before unloading everything else, or do I try weaving them in one at a time between each global skill CD? Also, which buff order would be the most effective?

Then there's Quick Nock VS Wide Volley. What are the advantages/disadvantages of both? Right now I favor Quick Nock purely because of its lower TP cost, but does Wide Volley's extra range really make that much of a difference to justify the extra 20 TP per use?

Oh, and one last thing. Does Barrage work on Sidewinder, or should I always use it for Empryeal?