Originally Posted by
Shurrikhan
If the only point at which a party wholly needs a second healer is for infrequent, scheduled periods of damage each no less than two GCDs apart... I don't see why you wouldn't trim the 2nd healer for a RDM.
And, if RDM could AoE heal, those situations would actually be pretty plentiful. We're not replacing the main healer, after all, and of the two healer's Abilities and Spells each, it's rare than more than 2 categories (MH-Abil, MH-Spells, OH-Abil, OH-Spells) are ever necessary to top a tank (back) off to survivable HP before or after a tankbuster. RDM + solo healer would already allow you, essentially, three of those categories. It's mostly burst AoE that would ever demand both healers' full action, and once RDM can precast+instant AoE for better than a Cure III...