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[Ceridwenae]

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[Minako_Nightsong]

Quest mobs: Open with Raging Strikes then we go into Straight Shot, Windbite, Mage's Ballad, Venomous Bite, Bloodletter, then Heavy Shots

Dungeons; AOE Pack: Target the healthiest or most neglected mob in the pack and Raging Strikes, Straight Shot, Windbite, Mage's Ballad, Venomous Bite, Rain of Death, then Quick Nocks using Rain of Death procs when they materialize.

Dungeon Boss, Class Quest Boss, and Trial boss: A few seconds before the pull use Foe Requiem, Refresh, now Raging Strikes, Straight Shot, Windbite, Mage's Ballad, Venomous Bite, Bloodletter, Heavy Shot. Then you will refresh Windbite and Venomous Bite as they expire while using Bloodletter as it procs. When Mages Ballad expires then use Army's Paeon

Basically, you have a priority on long living mobs which will go
1 Maintain Straight Shot
2 Maintain Windbite and Venomous Bite
3. Maintain Mage's Ballad then Army's Paeon when they are off cooldown.

Later you get more abilities to weave, the opener changes, and you have three songs so you can always have one playing but those are my recommendations for level 48. The Job gauge will track song and Straight Shot so you will also have to watch enemy castbar for the durations of the dots. Admittedly I still do this pretty poorly.