As a bard, you just have to sing.. its our role, and one we should be happy to provide.

Our silence is very... situational, and I feel like SE forgot it exists. Off hand.. I can really only think of 1 or 2.. instances where it is needed. Most cases, stuns become the tank's job.

Think of your teammates DPS as your own. Yes on paper the mage is getting a boost in dps and you are not.. BUT.. that extra dps comes from your song not him. Which is why parser's can't really be trusted.

Is your DPS lower at the end cause you needed to pop mages ballad? Who cares.. if your mages ballad saved the raid.. that's all that matters.

I want to say sing.. but.. no don't sing. It just makes the actual proper bards look better.