Do Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean staves lack utility?

[Razushu]

You do abyssea with more than one party?
And blm can heal just as well as smn. Running out of mp isn't rly a concern and they're both limited to the same tier of cure.

I never said you had to give up a pt slot for a blm. I said if the mob is that easy where you don't need a whm, then you shouldn't need a smn either, you should be fine w/ the blm

SMN has Healing ruby II and a free ~22HP regen

[Cream_Soda]

SMN has Healing ruby II and a free ~22HP regen

If you're fighting something hard enough to where not having healing ruby II makes the diff between life and death, I think its safe to assume you should just have a whm in your pt.

[Razushu]

If you're fighting something hard enough to where not having healing ruby II makes the diff between life and death, I think its safe to assume you should just have a whm in your pt.

It only needs to make the difference between an efficent main heal and Cure IV spam with not much else being added. See 2 posts above yours I stated 2 times where I main healed o NMs with no WHM and my HRII and favor regen made the difference