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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa View Post
    What boggles me is when the healer themselves, with only 500 mp left, are telling me to turn off Ballad because it's cutting my dps. Friend, I know that - I don't care, I'd rather my dps go to crap for a few seconds than have the tank die because you can't even get off a heal due to no MP.

    Like I'm sorry, but my job is a hybrid support. I'm gonna support when it's needed, and I've played the class for 2 years so I feel like I can fairly well judge when I need to drop into a song and deal with a little bit of dps cut.
    While it is great to provide support, I feel that we're missing a lot of info here. If a healer is telling you to turn off ballad when they have 500 MP left, it's likely because they don't need the MP. A few things to consider:

    1. Each healer has it's own MP refresh (Shroud, LA, Aetherflow)
    2. If the mob is almost dead, your 20% damage loss may be enough for the tank to take an extra hit. It's better for the mob to die faster than it is for to healer to heal more

    Generally speaking, you should never need to play Ballad during a dungeon. Further (I believe), in most scenarios Army's Paean is also a net reduction in damage output. For your songs, you're generally best to Foe as the tank is pulling, let it run out - regen MP. Repeat. Paean can also be great to use between pulls to top up TP for the tank and melee. In a raid encounter, this changes, but you're best to plan your song usage with your team. For example, I often have our MCH/BRD play MP refresh during jumps. This not only helps with healers, but a SMN could then spam Ruin III prior to the jump for added DPS and not worry about draining MP.
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    Machinists get it just as bad too with support skills lol Turrent makes up 25% of their damage which they lost because of having to use support skills (idk who thought putting them on turrent was smart)
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    I'm not sure why someone would stop in the middle of a quest chain though. Sure you got the relic but you still have a quest to go...
    Mostly just that I dropped by, got the relic, and no new quest showed up. I then went off to raid with said relic, and hadn't looked back. If you're going to have an achievement or quest check for having received a Zeta weapon, shouldn't it be given *when* you receive the Zeta weapon?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
    While it is great to provide support, I feel that we're missing a lot of info here. If a healer is telling you to turn off ballad when they have 500 MP left, it's likely because they don't need the MP. A few things to consider:

    1. Each healer has it's own MP refresh (Shroud, LA, Aetherflow)
    2. If the mob is almost dead, your 20% damage loss may be enough for the tank to take an extra hit. It's better for the mob to die faster than it is for to healer to heal more

    Generally speaking, you should never need to play Ballad during a dungeon.
    I get what you're saying, but the example I provided was something I had happen at least 5 separate times with a WHM and AST (it was never a SCH, if they were low on MP I'd be worried). I tend to watch the healer as far as what they're doing, because you're right, if their own MP regen skill is about to come off CD, popping on Mage's isn't always needed and thus I got in the habit of watching the healer's skill usage whenever I looked up to their MP (I do this a lot, I guess 2 years of having to watch MP made me do it unconsciously).All the times I had a situation like that, with the healer's MP dangerously low, they never had their regens up because they'd already used them once they got down to half MP pool. Thus why I ticked on Mage's for them, because yeah at that point they had no way of their own to regen and if I didn't, the tank had a high potential of dying because they had almost no MP to heal with.


    Even then, I still find it baffling when someone is telling me to turn off a song while in non-hardcore content, even if the song is desperately needed by someone in the group. Like, I'm not telling people to turn off CS even when the tank is nearly dying due to them tunnel-visioning into dpsing, I'd appreciate someone not trying to dictate when I should be using my song. I've played Bard for nearly 2 years. I have my timing down to a habit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa View Post
    I get what you're saying, but the example I provided was something I had happen at least 5 separate times with a WHM and AST (it was never a SCH, if they were low on MP I'd be worried). I tend to watch the healer as far as what they're doing, because you're right, if their own MP regen skill is about to come off CD, popping on Mage's isn't always needed and thus I got in the habit of watching the healer's skill usage whenever I looked up to their MP (I do this a lot, I guess 2 years of having to watch MP made me do it unconsciously).All the times I had a situation like that, with the healer's MP dangerously low, they never had their regens up because they'd already used them once they got down to half MP pool. Thus why I ticked on Mage's for them, because yeah at that point they had no way of their own to regen and if I didn't, the tank had a high potential of dying because they had almost no MP to heal with.


    Even then, I still find it baffling when someone is telling me to turn off a song while in non-hardcore content, even if the song is desperately needed by someone in the group. Like, I'm not telling people to turn off CS even when the tank is nearly dying due to them tunnel-visioning into dpsing, I'd appreciate someone not trying to dictate when I should be using my song. I've played Bard for nearly 2 years. I have my timing down to a habit.
    I see. I don't wish to tell you how to play, but from my perspective, I cringe when I see Army's Paean and/or Mage's Ballad show up in non-hardcore content. It could be useful for some however, I guess. For me, I know how to manage my own MP and do not require the aid of those songs. As I said, I could be wrong, but I am fairly certain Paean is generally a DPS loss for a team of 4. The biggest exception to this is when I do 14 raises on tentacle boss in Void Ark (true story, and for reference 14 raises = 37k MP and max 13K MP)

    I do, sometimes, mention to the bard, "Hey thanks for Ballad, you can turn it off now ". I'll throw this out if they are playing Ballad and I am 50%+ on MP (often more).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa View Post
    If I'm not meant to be a hybrid support, then they shouldn't have given my class support skills that regen TP, MP, lower MDEF of mobs, and soon we're getting a change to our skill which lets us use a bard Esuna.

    Sorry, but if I have those tools, I'm going to use them because they are part of my class and using them is how to properly play it. You can keep being one of those bards who refuse to sing when people are shouting in party or raid for a song, but meanwhile I'm going to be actually contributing with my support skills when needed. Otherwise I shouldn't have had them on my class.
    no1 is saying otherwise , but using MP song or TP song when every1 is at max mp/tp ...just because is part your job....makes no sense...

    I dont like how u interpret that im a bard that refuse to sing when ppl need my songs, because u are sorely mistaken. U think u are the perfect bard when singing songs EVEN when they arent needed because is part of your class....and thats just WRONG...

    the BRD skills outside of FOE (+BV) on pull , and on burst phases , are used to regen resources...so using TP/MP songs when arent needed is detrimental to your MAIN ROLE , DPS, since it lowers your personal dmg.

    is not like u will change your mind , u think singing all the time is what make "bard perfect" , i think that using the appropiate songs at the appropiate time is way important and it what makes the job really shine. No1 cares that u sing when isnt needed....

    i despise bards that keep mp song up when im on my sch at 75%mp , i despise bards that never sing too , but if u dont have resource issues , and u dont have mages...casting foe for the healer on pull (cleric stance) and even that ....they put some dots/nukes and go on healing duty ...saving MP is imporant too , u may need that mp to sing ballad later on....
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    Quote Originally Posted by UnstablePersonality View Post
    Machinists get it just as bad too with support skills lol Turrent makes up 25% of their damage which they lost because of having to use support skills (idk who thought putting them on turrent was smart)
    MCH turrets are used in the support skills because the reason you state...

    Bard loses damage to sing songs (the ones both MCH and BRD can use) so the mch should lose the same.

    If the mch didn't lose DPS then bard wouldn't be used in end game at all. Why take a person that loses dps to support to a class that can support and not lose dps at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
    I see. I don't wish to tell you how to play, but from my perspective, I cringe when I see Army's Paean and/or Mage's Ballad show up in non-hardcore content. It could be useful for some however, I guess. For me, I know how to manage my own MP and do not require the aid of those songs. As I said, I could be wrong, but I am fairly certain Paean is generally a DPS loss for a team of 4. The biggest exception to this is when I do 14 raises on tentacle boss in Void Ark (true story, and for reference 14 raises = 37k MP and max 13K MP)

    I do, sometimes, mention to the bard, "Hey thanks for Ballad, you can turn it off now ". I'll throw this out if they are playing Ballad and I am 50%+ on MP (often more).
    I understand, and frankly I admit I don't watch Scholar's MP as much as the other healers, because frankly you guys have insane MP management (I know from experience of playing one myself, it's my favorite healer!). Most of the time I try to play Mage's if the healer is way below half on their pool, and a little less than half during more erratic content like Void Ark (ESPECIALLY on Chulainn, that boss can be a nightmare for healers). I rarely use Army's unless multiple melee dps in the group are super low on TP, or the tank is super low on it - most of the time it's rarely needed, seeing as ninjas can goad people, dragoons have Invig, etc. Honestly my primary song usage tends to be Foe's or Mage's.

    And well, I usually try to pop a few of my damage cooldowns for when I have to drop into a song that cuts my damage. It won't entirely make up for it even while paired with WP, but it helps. Always feels kind of fun when I see a near 2k crit on Emp Arrow while I'm dropped in Mage's with just WP and some cooldowns going to make up for the hit I take.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Warlyx View Post
    no1 is saying otherwise , but using MP song or TP song when pulling when every1 is at max mp/tp ...just because is part your job....makes no sense...

    the BRD skills outside of FOE (+BV) are used to regen resources...so using songs when arent needes is detrimental to your MAIN ROLE , DPS.
    .... Where on earth did you even see me say I use TP/MP song when no one needs it.

    Like did you just insert words into something I said? Because friend I never said I always have songs up even if they aren't needed. I use songs when they are, because that's why I have those skills.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrea View Post
    MCH turrets are used in the support skills because the reason you state...

    Bard loses damage to sing songs (the ones both MCH and BRD can use) so the mch should lose the same.

    If the mch didn't lose DPS then bard wouldn't be used in end game at all. Why take a person that loses dps to support to a class that can support and not lose dps at all.
    Point was it could of been done different is what I mean lol...truth be told there is a lot that could of been done different..but I like the class all the same.
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    Last edited by UnstablePersonality; 02-21-2016 at 12:23 AM.

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