Quote Originally Posted by dramamine View Post
I just hit 50 with my bard. I was gonna start a new thread, but this seems like a good place to ask:

For those of you who sing in DF/PF groups, are there any rules of thumb/mental flowcharts/whatever you use to decide when to sing which songs, or do you kind of play it by ear?

I can think of a few obvious conditions for singing in general. if there are SMN or BLM in your party, be a lot more aggressive with your offensive cooldowns during bosses and sing when you're waiting for them to come back. Mages ballad any times healer MP gets low. army's paeon for big pulls in dungeons, esp when the other DD is also a TP user. Are there any other less obvious cases where it's a good idea to sing?
you simply use them when needed, lazy bards are told when mana song is required, good bards actually watch the parties mp usage... and i just wish the TP guage showed for all party members, since i'd watch that too.....