I would have joined the Cure V train years ago, not expecting the people who developed the bag of lemons that was the 76-99 spells/abilities to pull off anything more creative to bump up light arts tasks. I was wrong though. With Regen V, faster regen casting, LA bonus to regen potency, new gear that boost cure potency and reduces casting time, and overall healing magic changes, I'm perfectly happy with SCH curing now in every event I bring it to.

Playing both BLM and SCH as well, I agree with Arcon. While my SCH is running out of strats my BLM is running out of MP, which is worse. I wouldn't have said this as much in Abyssea, but outside it matters a lot. I bring BLM when I want procs and AOE nukes.