If you are a WHM without Swiftcast, you are holding back your team at endgame

[Neoiceman]

I will turn the table around now...if you have 2000ms ping you are holding back your team at endgame.And most probably even more than a WHM not havieng Swiftcast.

I am not saying Swiftcast is not helpfull, but saying it is required in order to kill endgame content is just silly to say the least.

I think you are hitting your head really hard.
I dont want that ping and i dont want to play on laggy US Server at all, but i must, SE says that are not enough player in US and EU to have an own Serverpark.
We are forced to play with such an shitty ping and we know that we holding back our US friends we play with, we Europeans have a lot of trouble to clear endgamecontent, i see videos from japanese or US Partys that slay down Ifrit, Titan and other Endgamesucker without an problem and not the half of the equip needed we europeans need.

Its hard to believe but a Japanes Company like the US more and fucked us gemans really hard

[Eunys]

A swiftcasted raise is probably the most useful thing a white mage could possibly do at Endgame, among the many other uses for Swiftcast. Yet almost everysingle time I go into DF, the White Mage never has Swiftcast, and we wipe. Everytime the WHM does have swiftcast, we win, coincidence? I think not.

You should not be healing endgame with a WHM at all until you learn Swiftcast. If you don't know this ability, you are holding back your team. Does anybody else agree? Is Swiftcast a vitally important ability for a White Mage to have? What are your thoughts?

LOL a DRG mad he got no raise because he is to fail to avoid huge red markers on the ground and dies.

[neizero]

Agree with OP for the most part (also applies to SCHs) but apparently the Raise weakness bug doesnt work on a swiftcasted Raise. This bug will probably get hotfixed soon though.

[Awake]

You can definitely bug Swiftcasted raises btw - been doing it all weeklong during Keep runs.

Keep exploiting game mechanics, that will surely make you a better player.

[Payadopa]

I've used it far more often on SMN and SCH to summon my pet.

Yeah, I do that, too. I was surprised it worked. lol Feels almost like cheating. xD
That is why I like the armoury system. I hope we get more useful combinations.

[RileySantara]

It's nice to think that just because the WHM has swiftcast means that you're guaranteed 100% to clear content, but thats not the case.

90% of the time, when dps are dying to stupid stuff, even after I raise them, they continue to die to stupid stuff. (Tornadoes on Garuda HM say hi.)

Of course having all your tools available is good, and makes the group better, but dumb dps will drag down the groups potential a lot more than how much swiftcast raises it.

[Jinko]

Well if DPS are too stupid to move out of void zones and fire that's hardly the WHM's fault, although I agree that Swiftcast is very useful and should be cross classed if you have it.

I hate the mentality that it's instantly the healers fault if you die though, Learn to Play!

[Fenwick]

Swiftcast is a great utility spell, not just for raise but for heal intensive fights. In example, the ability to Medica 2 and Medica again right after can keep parties alive in fishy situations. It is by no means required (though I'd likely look at you funny if you didn't have it), but you are really doing yourself a disservice if you don't pick it up at some point.

It is a DD's job to stay alive, if they die they made a mistake. It is just as much of a mistake though if you as a healer are unable to fix the situation if possible. Having Swiftcast can only make you a better healer.

[silverhope]

Sure swift cast is a great spell but people are forgetting the high mp cost of raise.. I'm not 50 yet and its over 600 mp. Having to cast 1 raise during a boss fight is a huge mp suck. Maybe if high ethers did more . If the party has a bard than its a non issue but you will not always have one .

[Balashark]

So you want me to level a Thurmaturge to level 26 just to get one spell? I am leveling the Arcanist right now to 15 to get White Mage and I am hating every minute of it (back to killing level 1 rats after healing in level 28 dungeons)! Ok, because this is an MMO and I know what is next, people won't group with you if you don't have it. No wonder the majority of gamers hate MMO's. Too bad I love them and love healing, if this is what I need to be the best healer I can be then I will do it.