| WHM/BRD I use a whm/brd in lvl30+ levels and it's pretty effective
The idea is not to do things too broadly since your main theme will be partying
You can ony have 1 song active at once since you can't equip a instrument.
And I obviously use Army's Peon to no end.
Basically I start off with Peon which is mass group hp regen, and then business as usual. No need for any other songs, it's not my jobs hehe.
With Peon and Hp regen casted on the tanker, he recovers about 6hp a second, this makes my job much easier, and all other members are healing too.
The sacrifice is a blk sub, which I don't find it very worthly anymore. Since we fight VT-IT stuff in parties, blk magic is next to worthless, with exception to maybe drain and bio. MP conservation might be useful, but that's lvl20, meaning lvl40 main, and it only works sometimes, so bad luck saving 7 mp if it lands on a hp regen
The other choice would be Summoner, which MP boost reallly helps, though recoverly is a little lacking. Though MP regen at level 25 isn't bad
But BUT BUT what do bards get at lvl25 Mage ballad!! It won't benifit just you but probably other mages or mage subs as well.
And for Japanese parties, which tend to be called uber parties, they have blks that plays more like whms that cause both relief and frustation to a WHM. so Army's peon just makes that much more sense and in my opnion worth it.
This isn't to say you would want to sub a bard solo or in other situations. Blk = warp = very nice traveling.
Party wize it's pretty good for just Peon and Mage Ballad.
P.S. Oh yes silence resist isn't bad bonus either. |