Conjurer: Swift Cast

[Calyanare]

But with a 3m timer, I am not in any hurry to worry about it.

Swiftcast has a 1 minute cooldown, and is useful for a lot of things besides Raise. Eye for an Eye is also a pretty useful skill to have--much better than most people seem to think it is. But I don't think you should feel like you need to rush to get all the extra skills. As long as you feel comfortable without them, don't worry too much about it. I leveled WHM as my first class, and ground out full Darklight before I bothered leveling THM or ACN (...and now I main SCH, go figure).

[Deifact]

Swiftcast is a really useful skill, and considering a lot of cross class skills WHM can slot aren't too great, you will definitely want to get it. Just consider levelling other classes as research, knowing how they work will make you a better player and healer.

[Thorauku]

Eye for an Eye became a very good skill to weave since 2.1 patch due to Virus nerf.

Swiftcast is a no-brainer, you should have it as it is the best Cross-skill you can have as a Caster. It's not only limited to Raise you know.

[YuiSasaki]

[...] But with a 3m timer, [...]

The timer on Swiftcast is 60sec...not 3min...

and

I believr swiftcast offers so much utility it is almost 'necessary'.

[Stalkster]

Swiftcast should be mandatory for healers, it is really useful skill

This.
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[Jyoeru]

The timer on Swiftcast is 60sec...not 3min...

and

I get it. Original tooltip I referenced said 180 seconds. 60 seconds is better, but I am still not all excited over swiftcast considering rez mechanics absolutely stink. Maybe as a cureII/III OH CRAP button, but even then, still not as glorious as it seems imho. If I were failing as a healer thus far, I'd rethink my opinion. To clarify: I am not saying it's not valuable, but I am saying it's not so glorious one should feel like they better have it or else.

This.
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If that were the case, they'd just give it to whms. Let's not start the min/maxing charade and just enjoy the game

I guess my own elitist counter would be avoiding death should be mandatory for all players--thus negating the absolute need for a swiftcast.

[Jarlax]

I feel what your saying, to be honest my number 1 use of swiftcast is swiftcast-> stoneskin to buy me time and give the tank a lead before the 1k cures pull hate.

Revive....that's 800mp almost I save revive for SCH and SMN only cast if I have to.

[Tlamila]

It took me a while before finding the patience for that 26 but since I have Swiftcast couldn't imagine to play without.
Apart from almost trivializing a death (honestly, I hardly ever raised in battle without), it's useful for basically any skill with cast time. Even just throwing stoneskin at tank between pulls without need for him to stop. And an immediate aoe heal eh... It's basically an overclock skill. Ad helps you be more of a mobile healer (and this game needs aload of mobility) and less of a turret.
I have yet to get Eye for an eye instead, but I sure want it.

[Euphe]

Not getting SC is just going to gimp you in some respects. It's the best x-class skill imo. E4E is really good for group pulls in dungeons and is even better when coupled with SS. E4E is the only x-class skill that is over look-able next to blizzard II however since it isn't necessary to have and is more for convenience. At least get lv26THM and acquire SC; you won't regret it!

[Marionette]

Swiftcast I think is too important to pass up, Virus is the other important one, E4E although helpful isn't quite as important as those other 2 (If you don't have a sch/smn in HM titan, you'll learn to love Virus for when mountain buster is coming)