a raid group i know...

[LilianaNighthawk]

Im pretty sure this is the common strat. How else would you do it, have the bard get them all? No way thats ridiculous

[Ophie-Mio]

We personally have our bard do it as the other jobs have other things to worry about and can't necessarily move across the arena. The bard, who won't lose the dps, instead is supposed to do the work so that the other dps and healers can stay put and do their thing.

[Curia_Regis]

Im pretty sure this is the common strat. How else would you do it, have the bard get them all? No way thats ridiculous

I've done all the Redfires/Bluefires on both BRD and WHM. It is far from ridiculous, and is in fact quite simple once you understand all the nuances of the mechanic. It also allows other roles to focus on DPS/their own responsibilities by putting it on one person.

[Zaft]

Im pretty sure this is the common strat. How else would you do it, have the bard get them all? No way thats ridiculous

Having the BRD get all of them works out to higher raid DPS, as BRDs can continue to DPS on the move at range, but others cannot.

[Ooshima]

Having the BRD get all of them works out to higher raid DPS, as BRDs can continue to DPS on the move at range, but others cannot.

You mean your scholar can't?

I'm pretty sure SCH doing the blue/red fire mechanics instead of BRDs results in higher raid DPS.

[Zaft]

You mean your scholar can't?

I'm pretty sure SCH doing the blue/red fire mechanics instead of BRDs results in higher raid DPS.

You can do SCH as well, that works fine. I was more responding to her speaking about having their members all get it themselves. Having a BRD take the debuff for 2-3 seconds is much less loss.