Benediction delay and CD needs to be fixed

[Kyomih]

2. Why is 5 minutes too long for an Instant heal to full ability? It forces you to use it properly. Also, it's by far the biggest heal in the game (if used on a Tank as it should be) and it is Instant. If you reduce the recast time for Benediction, you are basically shooting yourself in the foot as a WHM healer because you'd have to cut the potency of it in half or a little more than half to make it viable and even then, it would be the same thing as you have now essentially, just making the WHM class a bit OP with a potentially free 3-5k heal instantly every 2 mins (assuming you're using it on a tank who is fairly end-game geared).

The fact is that we can't use it properly BECAUSE it is not instant. You are aware that Lustrate is a 75% heal every minute, right? In special cases it's even 150% Heal if you have another Aetherflow available. While lustrate has a short delay as well it casts way faster than Benediction.

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[NRhodes]

The fact is that we can't use it properly BECAUSE it is not instant. You are aware that Lustrate is a 75% heal every minute, right? In special cases it's even 150% Heal if you have another Aetherflow available. While lustrate has a short delay as well it casts way faster than Benediction.

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I have a WHM I've used in end-game content and have NEVER had a problem with Benediction. Also, Lustrate has a much smaller margin of saving the day than Benediction does, period.

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[Menae]

I have a WHM I've used in end-game content and have NEVER had a problem with Benediction. Also, Lustrate has a much smaller margin of saving the day than Benediction does, period.

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Lustrate saves the day far more often then Benediction does. It's much closer to instant and is generally all you NEED from an "oh no" heal, and is available 15 times as often.

[Kyomih]

I have a WHM I've used in end-game content and have NEVER had a problem with Benediction. Also, Lustrate has a much smaller margin of saving the day than Benediction does, period.

Oh and forum tip: You can edit your post to remove unneeded remarks.

Others have tried to explain why lustrate is far superior to Benediction yet including me who plays both SCH and WHM in coil. Yet all you have to add to the conversation is snipe at me for trying to be helpful about the editing?
Well, ok then.

To the actual topic: I don't think a 2 minute CD is warranted. If they fix the animation so it's an actual instant cast I don't mind it being at 5 Minutes. The problem is that ie. if you get a double wheel, crit on Deathsentence, double DN crit or somesuch that reduces the tank to a sliver of his health a simple sneeze on him/her is going to kill her. The delay on Benediction vs lustrate is clearly in favor of Lustrate. There are no changes needed except for a skill on 5 minute CD it should indeed be instant.

[Sebazy]

I have a WHM I've used in end-game content and have NEVER had a problem with Benediction.

Uhuh. And I suppose you've never had any of your Plds swearing blind they hit Hallowed plenty early enough either? Don't get me wrong, now coil is entirely farm mode for my group it doesn't really bother us, but I can't even begin to think of how many times we wiped whilst learning Turn 4 due to Hallowed/Bene not going off in time. It's not a big delay, but it's there, it's noticeable and it's very frustrating. And I completely disagree regarding lustrate, remember that a Whm will want to hang on to that big cooldown for as long as they possibly can, whilst lustrate might not be nearly as big a hit, it's always there ready to be used and at the end of the day, as long as it keeps the tank up long enough for the healers to follow up with regular cures, it's achieved the same result.