i can't keep up more than 2 songs during a dragon, so i have been singing
elemental/niv's with selo's drum. elemental with selo's is more FR/CR than
either psalm. everyone already has augmentation+haste item+shaman buffs so
i don't need to play VoV. so i give a little regen, a little str, a little
magic dmg shield (i know, all little but still) and a lot of FR/CR,
everyone's MR is high enough to resist fear without guardian. if i am
lagging bad enough to sing one sing, it's definitely elemental.

when i first started dragons, i also thought i should play a psalm and twist
with whatever else, and go in melee. i wonder if that is viable now, i
wonder if i will just end up dead instead, or if the extra few FR/CR i give
with elemental with selo's drum is worth it over a psalm singing. that is
the only reasoning i can remember for not playing a psalm, that and not to
be taunting by meleeing. if we have a mage he/she fire shields tanks anyway
for dmg shield, but our psalms have that to (which stack, if not both). oh
well food for thought.

Shada Powa, L50 Wood Elf Bard
Tyria Sarkin, L48 High Elf Wizard
<Afterlife> Mithaniel Marr Server

>
> You need to ask your group members what their resists are and
> decide accordingly. If they're all high level and have decent
> magic resist, you can probably get away with a Psalm and
> guardian. Personally, if this was ever the case, I'd probably
> use Psalm + Hymn + Niv's.