You were level 38 exactly 22 days ago (
http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=49882), and you're now at end-game? Bards level fast, but 37 levels in 22 days is pretty brutal. Do you even sleep?
Bards are useful at end-game for the same reasons they're useful in XP parties: Ballad if in a mage party, Mambo in a Ninja tank party, Minuet in a melee party, plus backup cures/status removal and add control. Only difference is that your role is a bit more specialized at end-game (you aren't generally running around singing different songs for different people).
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