White mage is the better healer...

[abzoluut]

Well, I read through this thread hoping to get some information about both healing jobs. It started out nice. Sadly there is this one SCH trying to force his/her opinion. I love the "I've done this, so go away" argument, which isn't an argument. 12 y/o probably..

It seems like WHM and SCH is the way to go. I guess I then lvl a SCH since the healer in our static mains WHM. I just love how the book looks! Only concern is if it's too pet-dependent. I want to do all on myself if possible.

[SulwynCaliope]

It seems like WHM and SCH is the way to go. I guess I then lvl a SCH since the healer in our static mains WHM. I just love how the book looks! Only concern is if it's too pet-dependent. I want to do all on myself if possible.

Like the poster above me, I agree that it isn't a fully pet dependent job. The fairies can help you get your raw heals up to a cure 2 level if you macro-ed them together (which I plan to do come 2.1 :P) but physick + adlo does the job well enough on it's own. I know a lot of people say that we HAVE TO micro manage our pets but I'm up to coil turn 2 now and I haven't been in a situation yet where not micro-ing Eos has killed the raid. I agree that the AI is pretty retarded at times but smart placement of your pet can mitigate a lot of stray heals. I personally like letting her do whatever she wants because it means I don't have to worry about healing my DPS too much.

The only drawback is the spamming of CDs at absolute retarded times but unless you're someone who has to get max output out of your job at all times, it's not really an issue. I just let her spam them and not worry about it too much. Maybe that mindset of mine will change once 2.1 comes and I can macro her CDs to steady.