Hey! So I recently got into the game and opted to buy a story and job boost for myself, so I could get caught up to a few friends more quickly. I went with bard, as it seemed interesting, and they needed someone who could regularly be available to run with them, that played a ranged class. I was wondering where I could find an up to date guide, most of the ones I find on youtube are over 6 months old, and I'm not sure of the validity of them still, considering their age and I don't know jack about the game itself. So I've come to the forums to see if I can draw on the assistance of the community.

My first question would be, is there a good, up to date (or relatively so) bard guide out there that goes in depth on stats I should look for, rotations, situationals, and the like? Maybe something akin to a job discord, or a subreddit?

If not, is there someone out there who wouldn't me picking their brains to try to learn about the class itself, mostly the previous mentioned information.

Lastly, if someone doesn't want to answer 10,000 questions of a beginner, can anyone out there give me cliff notes on rotations, and I can build from there? I would be happy with any bits of advice given, really, as all I've learned so far is keep my dots up, and spam straight shot, or so that was the advice I was given by friends. It doesn't seem to be very sound, though, as I see a lot of spells I'm not using, that seem fairly vital, but I don't know when the right time to use them is. I get that Battle Song(Shout? Can't recall) is something I should use to open a big dps window, and probably when the boss is most stable which that will come with knowledge and experience, other than that, though. I'm at a near loss of what I should be looking at, what this or that means, and so on. So any advice is welcome in general.