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

[Volsung]

While I won't pose the statement the way the OP did, I do have to point out the
great utility of a swiftcast raise. So what if some one dies, jsut swift cast raise and
theyre up, and you're free to go about your job. I even have it set on my SMN because
its just that dang useful.

[PrimeEvilPanda]

All the unavoidable AOE damages has intervals and fixed patterns. Thus, you can just predict it and pre-cast heals, use damage mitigation skills, or ready emergency heals like Lustrate and Benediction for key members.

If Swiftcast is required, something already went wrong. Also, wasting Swiftcast on Raise or Ressurection is a complete waste since revival debuff is already affecting the raised person. Especially on hard fights, it is better to restart.

It has other uses besides an "instant Resurrection." It helps when you need to instantly cast Stoneskin, Holy, Medica II, Protect, etc...during long battles, I found it's a must. I certainly don't want to be DPS'ing that primal by myself ><

[alhandra]

lol at all the excuse's lazy people are making to not lvl thm to 26, you guys realize that in a good fate pt you can get 26 in a few hours on thm right? thm is probably the single easiest class to lvl on fate's due to their aoe's. sure you could survive without swiftcast, but why? is it really that hard to step outside your comfort zone for a few hours to make your character that much better?

at the end of the day, it doesnt matter who gets hit, why they get hit, or if they could have avoided it. you are a healer, its your job to fix people when they make mistakes, if you want to take some high horse attitude about who or what should be healed and how much time you should devote to healing them then im afraid you have chosen the wrong job.

a good healer understands that mistakes happens and prepares themselves to encounter them all. having swiftcast at the ready will not make you a better healer, knowing when to use it and how to save your pt's ass with it will


quick edit::: also, one more thing i'd like to add. having swiftcast is great for your PT, but, think of yourselves too. having swiftcast can also take a lot of stress off the healer, even in non-emergency situations swiftcast is an awesome tool to have. ive used to get my pets back into the fight quickly, or even just to buff fast at the start of the fight after a wipe so we can get back into the action quicker. swiftcast is just as much of an "oh sh** someone goofed" button as it is a "damn my life is just a little bit easier" button

[Kailea_Nagisa]

oh look another person telling the rest of the player base that if you dont do this one thing your a bad <insert job here> *slow clap*

[alhandra]

oh look another person telling the rest of the player base that if you dont do this one thing your a bad <insert job here> *slow clap*

i dont think anyone is saying they are "bad" just that they could be better

**slow clap for reading comprehension**

[Amyas]

3) Also, why the hell is it "WHM without Swiftcast"? Last I checked, at least SCH/SMN should be included too. Hell, why isn't SMN the FIRST choice for insta-rezzing here -- it's not like you CARE about mana, but as your healer, I HAVE TO CARE ABOUT MINE. Stop waving your damage meter epeen around, give up a single Ruin, and raise somebody for the group's (i.e. yours too) sake.

You're absolutely right, if a smn has swiftcast, they should be the ones to raise (or even if they don't have it they should, unless a boss is really low or something needs to be dps'd down asap). But the thing is, not every run is going to have a smn. Every run is guaranteed to have a healer though.

[Phaylis]

Swiftcast is more useful for sch/smn than whm, for insta-cast on our pets which AI still stinks. However, all caster should have it at their disposal if not for a swift-cast raise but for other oh shit moments where an on demand insta cast aoe heal is needed. I use that quite often in Titan on jump. Bubble then swift cast succor. A swiftcast medica would be helpful so you can heal the party up and get into position still.

[LordMaitreya]

oh look another person telling the rest of the player base that if you dont do this one thing your a bad <insert job here> *slow clap*

Well, in this particular case they are right.

[Worm]

Well, in this particular case they are right.

Yeah, there's no two ways about it. Use best practices if you really want to kill dragons, everything else is for farting around.

[Thunderz]

If you want to do Endgame I hope you have all your skills