why do most bards....

[TheOneCalledSketch]

Does anybody go "all out" and pop their cooldowns on TRASH? I never sing on trash unless it's a very large pull. It just isn't necessary on regular trash pulls where stuff dies in <30 seconds anyways.

Conversely, I make a concerted effort to keep my song uptime as close to 100% as possible on bosses. Where it actually makes a difference.

Once I get my third song my intention is to have a song up at all times. For trash, for not trash, for waiting around, for dancing to, as background music for getting our group's respective groove on, etc.
I'd never want to see that crit buff disappear from my screen.

Necessary? Probably not.
Likely to get noticed though? You betcha.

[Thela]

Does anybody go "all out" and pop their cooldowns on TRASH? I never sing on trash unless it's a very large pull. It just isn't necessary on regular trash pulls where stuff dies in <30 seconds anyways.

Conversely, I make a concerted effort to keep my song uptime as close to 100% as possible on bosses. Where it actually makes a difference.

Let me ask you this counter question. Why would you NOT use something that is designed to be up 100% of the time anyway? rotate between them and you will always have one available to use, an argument can be made maybe saving the best one for the opener of the upcoming boss fight if you're close to reaching the boss, but holding on to it while it would be back up for the boss fight anyway is kinda counter productive.

[kittyn]

1 of 2 things: Laziness or they don't know any better...like healers who half-afk and only heal in dungeons.

And yes, I go "all out" and pop all my cooldowns on trash. Especially if I'm tanking a dungeon as warrior. IR every group of trash = winning. Sometimes it's up to open on the bosses, sometimes not. Git 'er done.