Let's talk about regen :)

I loved regen, I mean really really really loved regen. In FFXI I used it always as it helped with MP consumption and kept my emnity low from not having to cast as many Cures.

Now in FFXIV, I hate regen, really really really hate regen.

Hope they tweak it to make it better.

It did agro in those other games to, the difference is in FF14 the heal agro is the same even when overhealing. Normally healer agro is only from actual HP healed. Its easy enough to time though, when the fights close to over switch to cure's only then try to time a stoneskin to hit the moment the last mob dies (a sliver of missing health will quickly regen out of battle).

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Originally Posted by crystalfire808

It's definitely situational, I wouldn't (and don't) use that as the norm, but if they get hit by an AoE and take spike damage and you don't expect them to get hit again soon, I find it to be more efficient MP-wise.

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I tend to only use it when people begin to get hurt for more than I cure I them for. When I throw a Regen on someone for say, AK, I often find that they get hurt faster than the regen does them for, but if I just keep using Cure I, I keep up with it fine.

I love Regen...but it is true, I choose my momments.....it is perfect for sticking on the DPS when they are looking bad and I have not got time to leave my tank.
Oh, and of course, on myself, when soloing...don't think I've cast cure on myself in a very, very long time.... :)

I don't see this as a problem. Know when and when not to cast the spell, just slapping it on for giggles can be lazy, and thus cause you to get some unwelcome attention.

It's not regen specific. Overhealing in this game causes enmity, which is different from a certain other game I can name. The SCH heal will do the same thing. It's certainly annoying to pull hate because you cast it late in another pull and the tank didn't click it off, but if it DIDN'T cause enmity, you'd be able to cheat the aggro system by casting it right before the pull and getting more than a cure 2 worth of healing for essentially free. We have that already; it's called Stoneskin.

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Originally Posted by Fort

It has been this way in every MMO. There's a few things you can't do as a healer, and one of those is pre HoT'ing.

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Really? I lol'd.

Only time it is worth casting Regen in dungeons is during WP speedruns, other than that you can get away with not using it on trash.

Regen is fantastic. Especially so with divine seal.
Doing AK? Throw that on the tank just after a pull and switch to DPS mode.

If you really have a hard time dealing with it maybe you're the problem, not the skill itself.

I've ran with a variety of Healing styles as a tank. For the most part I try and click off Regen before a pull.
I've had parties where the WHM never uses Regen and I've had parties where the WHM thought Regen was hot shit and used it like it's going out of style.

Like was mentioned before, the best use is on larger pulls after I flash once or twice and then leave it be, don't recast it. It gets annoying when the WHM casts regen at the beginning of the pull and then again when the last mob has like 2% health left.