[BRD] Few questions about song usage

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As per the answers above, communication in text/voice chat is the best way to judge when to play Army's Paeon.

I find it frustrating that TP bars for party members are not included, considering it is an exhaustible resource and Bards have the ability to aid in its recovery, much like MP.

Having said that, take guesswork out of the equation if you party with a regular group or play as a melee/healer yourself, and use a macro that announces TP/MP amounts and asks for a song, where necessary.

I personally use something like the following when I'm running low on TP as a melee class (not at my computer at the moment so cannot confirm the exact syntax).

/p TP: <tp>. Paeon Please! <se.7>

I also use a similar one for mana as a WHM.

/p MP: <mpp>. Ballad Please! <se.7>

When I'm playing my bard, I find macros like these are useful during periods of tunnel vision where I'm not tracking the party window.

On a related note, <mp> displays raw mana value, where as <mpp> displays the percentage value.

This applies to <hp>/<hpp> as well.

You can only show raw values for tp, I think.