Originally Posted by
Renathras
Irrelevant.
If the argument was - and it was - that fights are too movement oriented to use GCD heals, then they'd also be too movement oriented to use GCD damage casts. And while BLM has insane movement if prepped for it and rolling through their various movement tools, it's not INFINITE. BLM isn't SMN. Meaning if BLM can get away with it in current content, so can Healers.
Hell, WHM already has this. Swiftcast, natural Dia refreshes, and up to 3 Lilies (4 if we include Misery) is a ton of free movement when you need it. Bonus points, Dia can be used as a movement tool for (minor) DPS gain since it has that initial damage. And 1.5 sec Glare casts means extensive slidecasting. SCH can go to Ruin 2spam if it really really needs to move a long way. SGE can Icarus and has up to 3 Toxicons, up to 2 Icaruses, and can even use Eukrasian shields for a 50% damage refund (a DPS gain over "doing literally nothing") if needs to go a super far distance.