Cross class skills (For bard)

[pandabearcat]

There are plenty of macros that do nothing but increase your dps.

A Misery's end|Bloodletter macro will reliably let you mash when you see execute start to come up, without accidentally pushing bloodletter because of reaction times.

A well ordered CD macro (that you use at the right times to stack) saves you a lot of space on your bar.

Using or not using macros does not make/unmake you as a good player.

I will say though that all /wait macros are universally terrible.

Regardless, bards are the easiest class to play hands down. This isn't a bad thing, but this isn't a thing you can really debate lol. Theres no reason to make our rotation seem like its harder than it is. It really is not.

That being said a good bard will watch her raid frames to see what song is needed when, if ever. Further, knowing when to save your CD's is a valuable skill as well.

EDIT: Oh and to stay on topic, yes, the cross class skills suggested are the most common ones used.

Can't really go wrong with them. I don't have mantra yet (level 42, really? D= might as well play monk XD), so cannot comment on its effectiveness, but Featherfoot (esp when you know you need to facetank an add spawn) is a great defensive CD, paired with Second Wind makes you almost require no healing.

And the DPS cooldowns are must haves. Invigorate is a MUST have for dps...it keeps us neutral on single target, slow drain on multitarget and AoE. Without it, you will be useless within 2-3 minutes. Any bard that tells you they don't use invigorate is either lying, singing for a dps loss, or not filling every GCD for a dps loss =P