Advice for Raiding as BRD

[Thatz]

Nature's Minne & Palisade
Either have them on <mo> or <tt> (or both). I much prefer <mo>.

If you're new to Bard and can't keep track of your dots, a macro counting dots will help.

Dots are 30s each. This macro will make a sound when there is 8s~7s left on your dots to remind that you need to refresh them soon. You can increase or reduce the time as you see fit. Remove this macro once you're confident enough.

I do not recommend using any other macros.

Thank you very much for your input! Quick question though regarding the macro. You mentioned after /wait I can put /echo <se.2>. Wouldn’t it be interrupted if I used another skill or macro so I wouldn’t get the /echo notification

[Yeol]

Thank you very much for your input! Quick question though regarding the macro. You mentioned after /wait I can put /echo <se.2>. Wouldn’t it be interrupted if I used another skill or macro so I wouldn’t get the /echo notification

A macro will always be interrupted by another macro. For the most part I didn't have a lot of issues with it.
You will mostly likely refresh your dots whenever party buffs are up, and by doing so you reset the macro.

[Vidu]

A macro will always be interrupted by another macro. For the most part I didn't have a lot of issues with it.
You will mostly likely refresh your dots whenever party buffs are up, and by doing so you reset the macro.

In addition to this, because maybe it wasnt clear: You dont want to use macros to chain skills together and the like.
That reminder-macro is obviously helpful and fine, aswell as macros for your buffs (Natures Minne and Palisade) to target someone without you having to click on them. (Macros notifying the party of something - like "Silence used!" can obviously also be helpful - but thats about it for macro-usefulness)

But a macro that basically casts both your DoTs or chains your other skills, isnt something you should do - that goes for all jobs btw. I hope you dont have a macro for your paladin rotation but are doing that manually as you should.
Using macros for things like that will always be a DPS-loss, aswell as rip you off a certain flexibilty (bards strong side). I know bard has a lot of buttons to press and a lot of stuff to watch out for, but that makes it all the more important to learn those things and not rely on macros!

If you want to be a more "pro-bard": Find out what sort of damage the raid-wide AoEs in the fights are (magical or physical) and time your troubador+song for that to help mitigate it!