Learning Bard and Buffs in General

[Elkya95]

390 should be do-able.

I made a video to show the bards in the fc and get help, and I seem to be bad at remembering the bloodletter procs at times(just sitting there for 1-2 gcd's) and my second invig was late at least in that vid. I did 359 dps, no pots/food, and i107, not i108.

[Ooshima]

I made a video to show the bards in the fc and get help, and I seem to be bad at remembering the bloodletter procs at times(just sitting there for 1-2 gcd's) and my second invig was late at least in that vid. I did 359 dps, no pots/food, and i107, not i108.

Yeah 390 is without food and pot, with IL110 weapon (Rosenbogen or Novus doesn't matter, both proven to be able to do so). Without food and port you should able to hover at around 400 at around 3:20 after the 20s buff from hawk's eye, and from 3:20-4:00 your TP should start to run dry and with no IR/BfB available, it should drop to about 39X

The timing of refreshing DoTs with buff and firing off BL proc does take time to practice and master.

[Zeny]

The first time the bard early pulled with Foes Requiem, I said "Hey watch the FOEs." and went with it (he locked out four people). Then it happened again on the last boss and he tried to push it on a summoner...

I'm not one to antagonize people, but please get into the habit of playing swift song after an encounter bards, because that way you will never unintentionally pull additional monsters or lock people out of a boss. This was in Syrcus Tower for anyone wondering.

[Dyne_Fellpool]

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Yup, Foe Requiem will absolutely pull aggro on any unengaged mob you get near. Its basically a debuff pulsing out from you, and it will put you on a mob's hate list.

Using Swiftsong after each fight is good advice, thats what I usually do. This way you know any songs you were playing are cancelled and your MP can regen, while you run to the next fight a bit quicker. Honestly I see a lot of Bards that aren't proactive enough with this and other songs (when I'm playing another class).

I just wish they would make Swiftsong instant cast, since having to stop moving to cast it is a little contrary to its function of movement speed. Thats obviously a minor complaint, but maybe people would use it more.

[LunarEmerald]

It's sickening how few bards play foe in st or ct. Foe helps every single caster in the alliance not just your own party. The dps increase is enormous

[Zeny]

It's sickening how few bards play foe in st or ct. Foe helps every single caster in the alliance not just your own party. The dps increase is enormous

Absolutely, I'm glad at least one of the 7 bards was playing it, lol.

[AkashiXI]

It's been awhile since I last posted here. Do we have a definitive starting rotation of buffs at the start of a fight yet? What I've been doing so far has been doing its job, and I can achieve 400 overtime, but I'd like to know what you guys do . Thanks in advance!

[Laraul]

I think everyone has forgotten to point out how easy it is to cast a song, only to forget about it do to all the craziness going on during battle.

Also no mention of Battle Voice. It double's the effectiveness of all songs except swiftsong for 30 seconds. When casting Ballad to restore a healers's low MP I may cast Battle Voice to speed up MP recovery and when it wears, to remind me to cancel Ballad.

Battle Voice also likely works w/ Foe Requiem, though Foe Requim does not have any impact on your own DPS. In fact the only job it seems to have a substantial influence on is BLM and probably SMN pet's abilities.

Army's Peon goes unused because you aren't able to see other players TP. And no one's going to spend the time to type out "Out of TP! Army's Peon plz!!!"

[Dyne_Fellpool]

Foe has just as much influence on SMN dps as BLM dps. It increases Magic damage, not elemental.