[BRD] Few questions about song usage

[Nalou]

you can pretty much see the party setup?

I think you can definitely see the party setup.


Let's say you can anticipate or react.

Example of reaction:
- my tank is dead, I cast raise
- my healer have 0 mp, I cast ballad

Example of anticipation:
- my tank is gonna get hit by death sentance soon, I'm gonna fill his HP before
- my mages will have to spam medica soon, I'll start regen MP
- my melees are going to use a lot of TP soon, I'm gonna fill their TP and regen it a bit with paeon

Example of super-pro-player-anticipation:
- "guys, I'm gonna sing paeon during the packs on T4 so you can go crazy with AoE killing stuff faster" ^.~)b

[Thorauku]

- "guys, I'm gonna sing paeon during the packs on T4 so you can go crazy with AoE killing stuff faster" ^.~)b

Nope, that's not the initial reaction/anticipation or w/e you want to call it, you should base it depends on whether 2 other DPS will benefit from your Song, or only 1 DPS will benefit from it.

Basic PUG party setup consists of 2 casters, 1 Melee and 1 Bard, in that case, I'd rather use Foe Requiem on it. The melee have another source of TP which is Invigorate, Bards also have access to it so they won't dry that much if they know when to use it.

And you didn't answer my question,

The only thing you can't see is the TP bar of your partymates, in which case I have said that if they don't ask for it, why would you use it?

[Nalou]

Nope, that's not the initial reaction/anticipation or w/e you want to call it, you should base it depends on whether 2 other DPS will benefit from your Song, or only 1 DPS will benefit from it.
Basic PUG party setup consists of 2 casters, 1 Melee and 1 Bard, in that case, I'd rather use Foe Requiem on it. The melee have another source of TP which is Invigorate, Bards also have access to it so they won't dry that much if they know when to use it.

You have tanks too. If you have warrior tanks, you'll get a nice damage boost by letting them spam overpower thanks to paeon.
If I know me and the melee dps will get tp regen at some point, I can prepare for it to unleash fury.
Get a party with 2 wars, whm&sch, mnk + drg + brd + blm and hit the jackpot button

And you didn't answer my question,

TP doesn't work like MP.

When I play whm and get crappy groups, a lot of people take damage they shouldn't, so I have to use more medica and cure II.
I also get good parties and I sit on a nice mp pool and ballad is mostly useless.
Thing is, it's not a strategy defined beforehand, people suck or they don't... if they suck I have to heal and you have to ballad me.


Tp however doesn't work like MP. Tp is something players decide to use.
Tp classes pretty much have almost infinite TP when doing their basic rotations.
They also have TP shortage when using some abilities (mostly AoE).

That's why, as a group, people decide if they all go AoE crazy at some point, which will require Paeon if they are melees.
I think your job isn't to compensate people fucking up with their TP pool ("oshit I'm out of tp I'm stupid"), but to give extra TP regeneration when people plan to go heavy on TP use, making the group more powerfull and efficient at killing monsters.
That's why you sing Paeon accordingly to how it was planned, and not by watching a bar.


But logically, if a mostly melee group spams AoE attacks, it means they will run out of TP, so even without seeing the bars, you know they need more TP.

[Thorauku]

That's why you sing Paeon accordingly to how it was planned, and not by watching a bar.

Really? Please tell me a realistic scenario where you can plan things like that. Not even in T4 you can plan things ahead. Yes, I know it's obvious that during pack of mobs, DPS are expected to use AoE skills, but still you'll never know when they're about to dry until the DPS calls it out. Hence, you respond by providing what the DPS needs.

Get a party with 2 wars, whm&sch, mnk + drg + brd + blm and hit the jackpot button

Your example was too biased, obviously with that kind of lineup, it's a no-brainer that the Bard should use TP song, if you actually look at my previous post, using TP song depends on the party lineup.

you should base it depends on whether 2 other DPS will benefit from your Song, or only 1 DPS will benefit from it.