Dear All Bards,

[Divine_Intervention]

IMO songs are there to be used situation dependent. They're there to be used, not with-held because the bard is either lazy, or doesn't like the way the fight is going. For better or worse in a battle, we're all doing the best we can to get through it (admittedly some better than others) and the sooner this "i'm a bard who teaches people a lesson" crap stops, the sooner things will be more effective. Just my 2c.

[Adrian74]

Foe's Requiem. Use it.
Battle Voice. Use it.

It makes me die a little bit on the inside whenever I go into WoD/ST/CT and not a single one of the eight bards in the alliance wants to play Foe's. Come on, guys.

Someone has to tell them that Foe's requiem doesn't reduce their damage 20%... Seriously... Because only 1 of 10 bards I see uses it, most are all the time with their MP full and it really really reaaaaaally HURTS MY EYES...

[aerialrave]

I think you're asking too much with Battle Voice.

It is true though, there are a ton of mute Bards in WoD.

[myahele]

Please use mage ballad

[Adrian74]

Please use mage ballad

If...If.... You ask it that way... I... I'll do it... Yes...

Please don't kill me, I'm too young to die

[Sadana]

I use Foe's all the time... but why do I practically have to be standing on the enemy for it to affect them? :/ BRD is the 5th class I've leveled so I'm a little hazy on some details and I find myself going "ok, I dodged that aoe, now back to attacking... wait, where the Foe's debuff?" *scoots closer* "nope, not close enough" *inches closer* "dammit" *stands under Uglyenemy's armpit* "ok, now they have the debuff. oh, I'm almost out of mp anyways..." :/ "

I'm gonna guess I'm not the only one with this problem. I've gone to CT raids with other BRDs who do have Foe's up... but none of the enemies have the debuff on them. :/ (and I do have the icons set to show all.)

I've also healed dungeons as WHM and watched the BRD pop Mage's Ballad... nowhere near me, so I don't get the buff. >< (Mind you, even as BLM I love getting Ballad, so I QQ a bit if they use it too far away from me.)

[Werhusky]

refers

Hmm considering T9... you have to stand in the usual range of Lunar Dynamo but if you pop it right prepull your MP will anyway be 0 till the attack comes so you have enough to move out of it... Also barded the derpraids CT- WoD no issues maybe its sth in Final Coil? I know (only on T11 atm) that our bard triggers the tail attack when he needs to pop the TP song (name blackout atm lol). :/

[KonaMochi]

Eh. If there is a caster in my group, then I will use it.
If I see a caster(obviously a caster- ie, in caster glamour or visible astral magic balls things) in the alliance, I will use it.
If the whm in my group decides to go Cleric>Holy spam, then I will use it.

And, when I do use it, it will most likely be used during the dps check of the fight (ie, Titan's heart/superbombs, ramuh's minions, trash pulls in towers ect)

Other wise, think I'll save it for when whm needs ballad.

Or if a melee ACTUALLY asks for Army's.....because SE still hasnt given me a tp bar...:I

[Saseal]

Was leveling my SCH with FC mates in Darkhold a few days ago with a single pugged Bard. It appeared to be their first time in (I don't remember if it actually said someone was running it for the first time at the beginning x.x), but they actually sang Ballad for me without any asking (I'm not in the habit of doing so o_o). <3 I was so happy T^T
+1 more good bard entering the world!

[SuperZay]

Don't really care if the boss will die 2 seconds faster because of Foe. As a bard I always leave without commendations either way. Songs or no songs - yep, a healer and a tank always get all comms.
FCoB raids are another matter entirely, but in trash content songs literally do not matter.