Bard Help(?)

[xXRaineXx]

Okay to start off, this isn't a Bard rant

I would consider myself a Bard veteran, my first choice for many mmo's are archers. But as a 3.0 Bard in FFXIV, I have been having some... trouble to say the least maintaining dps.

So let's get some things clear first. I play from Japan in a NA Server and my connection is generally 'poor' and sometimes 'good'. Latency is a big issue for me.

As of now, I am a ilvl198 Bard, I would say decently average Bard at that. My dummy parse at 3 mins is between 1050-1150 w/o food/potions. Now I know this isn't the best. But no matter how hard I try I just cannot seem to maintain;;

Here are some points.

1. I can do openers well over 2000+ slowly reducing to 1500 in the first minute, then BAM suddenly it just goes pop pop pop ooooom. I'm looking at a steady 1050 most of the time.
2. Due to the latency, weavings ogcd's sometimes cancels the next action cast. This does result in a loss time at around 2-3 seconds. This happens often when trying to cast flaming arrows/blood letter etc. I sometimes miss dots this way.
3. Again with latency, even after I stop moving, the next action sometimes cancels too as the lag still says I'm moving when I already stopped...
4. I try to weave as many bl's as I can, but as I said, this creates a net loss due to the latency.

Though even for me, it just seems unlikely latency can create such a huge net loss in dps, maybe it is an issue. Like my dummy parse and dungeon parses don't change...;;

What do you guys think? Am I simply doing something wrong with my rotation? Or is latency an issue? I am preparing to transfer to Chocobo after I mule all my gil btw.