Quote Originally Posted by Itseotle View Post

Its resource management, as has been stated many times before. TP-based DPS get Goad or Paeon. Very rarely will Ballad be played in Coil situations, but one of those 2 TP abilities will always be given.
Well, Ballad DOES get played, but usually for the healers, not the summoner.
A good bard can make a summoner shine like a newborn star...at the cost of shaving 20% off his/her own DPS.