That is kinda sad that the OP is actually complaining when he has downed the encounter. Our group only consists of one bard, we do have a summoner with us and he has never complained about mana issues so far, granted we havent downed turn 5 yet. Our bard isnt even used to do silences other than the miniADS boss at the start of turn 1. He is quite responsive in what the group needs n we dont have trouble.

I know it may sound wierd but we blm gotta be careful not to botch up our rotation or our dps will plummet. I would love to flare all the time at the end of my rotations but it is a risk as in not doing anything for a few seconds. Yeah our problem is nothing compared to summoners, scholars and whms but if we cannot dps even for 3 seconds, then having to wait to cast again, thats a bit hit on our dps.