Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
If you've got a bard who could use his songs to boost the black mage's damage output and dramatically help the group's overall damage, or instead could focus solely on his own personal DPS, the use of DPS meters would encourage the later. They make people less apt to work together because they're being judged individually and not by their contribution to the group.
Foe Requiem has no effect on a BRD's dps beyond the 3 seconds it takes to cast it. Most fights have a gap where you can use it while the boss is invulnerable, meaning it has 0 effect. Any BRD using that as a justification needs to learn what he's doing.