New player... Archer for now need some advice.

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Good BRDs are highly desired in raid content, so you don't have to worry about that lol. Got a Dun Scaith run where we had 3 BLMs, 1 SMN and a BRD. Bard was able to increase the party DPS ridiculously high even if his own numbers took a cut. So all depends. They have some of the best utility and their numbers are nothing to sneeze at, but if you have the burning desire to be top DPS then I guess you could switch. I was actually thinking of switching to BRD once I get it leveled if I still like it at 60 lol.

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Got a Dun Scaith run where we had 3 BLMs, 1 SMN and a BRD. Bard was able to increase the party DPS ridiculously high even if his own numbers took a cut.

If he was singing Foe Requiem, his numbers didn't take a cut. Foe Requiem increases all magic damage done by anyone whether they are in the party or not, with no damage decrease to the singer. It should be on as much as possible, and during a 24-man raid, ASTs should be showering a Requiem-singing BRD with all the Ewers instead of burning them for AoE.

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If he was singing Foe Requiem, his numbers didn't take a cut. Foe Requiem increases all magic damage done by anyone whether they are in the party or not, with no damage decrease to the singer. It should be on as much as possible, and during a 24-man raid, ASTs should be showering a Requiem-singing BRD with all the Ewers instead of burning them for AoE.

Ok thank you, I didn't know that. I just assumed all songs caused DPS loss since I've met some BRDs that just outright refuse to use any lol.