Bards, have you had interesting experiences explaining the new (Refresh) to healers?

[HyoMinPark]

I’ve actually not had any healers ask me for Ballad yet. Most ask for Refresh, which I use slightly differently compared to your usage, if I’m using it offensively.

I am waiting patiently for one to ask me to play Ballad for them, though. :3

I use it when I notice the healer MP dropping quite rapidly. I never really understood why some BRD/MCH use it right as the tank is starting the pull, when everyone is sitting at max MP and won't be low on MP for some time still.

BRDs that Refresh pre-pull are using it to extend Foe’s from ~23 seconds to ~30 seconds.

[Avatre]

BRDs that Refresh pre-pull are using it to extend Foe’s from ~23 seconds to ~30 seconds.

Ah, fair enough. I guess I just haven't played BRD/MCH enough, since I haven't touched my BRD since getting it to 70, and haven't even touched my MCH since Stormblood hit.

[HyoMinPark]

Ah, fair enough. I guess I just haven't played BRD/MCH enough, since I haven't touched my BRD since getting it to 70, and haven't even touched my MCH since Stormblood hit.

Yeah, there’s several ways you can use Refresh offensively, you can either line it up to extend Foe’s, or you can use it after your MP hits 0 to refresh your MP and play Foe’s more during a fight (also serves as an aggro dump after your opening burst).

Which method you use is dependent on comp, from what I understand. I do the latter because the NIN in my static wants Foe’s lining up with as many TAs as possible, since my comp only has TA and Chain Strategem as the major buffs (no AST, no DRG...I’m crying). Though, each time you play Foe’s, you sacrifice a Heavy Shot, so it’s usually better to extend as many Foe’s as you can, rather than go for usage, depending.