Tossing an aero here and there

[Lyrinn]

Besides Aero, there's one thing a lot of WHMs seem to forget about (minus the annoying ones who use it on mobs): Fluid Aura. No MP, no cast time, no knockback if it's used on a boss, and it's off-GCD so the only risk is getting close to the boss, and there aren't many bosses I can think of where it's dangerous to do so. 150 potency every 30 seconds is fairly negligible but free damage is free damage, especially if you can pull off Cleric Stance beforehand.

[AldoVonAlexandros]

well, you will have acc problems, not a big diference if u throw an Aereo and theres always that screw up the fight, and u dont want to be on cleric stance cd when u need to throw an emergency healing, u can dps on dungeons, it speeds up things, but on ex primals and coil? meh, its not necessary, maybe with spiders at t2, maybe, u can use Aereo with <tt> but like I said, not necessary

[Altijacek]

Thanks that makes things very clear :0 much more than I expected.

[Yumi_umi]

Besides Aero, there's one thing a lot of WHMs seem to forget about (minus the annoying ones who use it on mobs): Fluid Aura. No MP, no cast time, no knockback.

This ^^^^^^^^^
I just hate it when whms stand there going durrrrrr and healing like it's their only option.
Yoshi put dps skills on a whm to be used. Sure there is a time and place but that doesn't mean you can't practice using it in all fights.
Every content except 2nd coil, mog ex and levi ex has echo now.
If you still can't find time to dps even with 25% echo then you are a bad whm.
Damage is still damage and last time i remembered, damage only kills the boss / adds faster.

[givemeraptors]

Yoshi put dps skills on a whm to be used

For solo content yeah...otherwise it would be even worse than soloing as GLA/PLD.

[sheepysheepy]

its nice on dreadnaughts t4 if you're in an average group thats borderline on clearing the wave
and titan ex if your group isn't reliably pushing phases before jumps/bombs

but most times if it's safe to cast aero it's probably safe to cast stone2 instead [few occasions it isn't], which is nicer for the spike of dmg (much better for breaking people out of gaol, clearing the superbombs etc.)

[Staris]

aero, aero 2, and stone 2, even with the high miss rate, reliably change turn 9 phase 1 from 6 to 5 meteors for my group with our current gear.

Making healing... easier.

Now eventually I'm sure we will have enough gear to hit 5 anyway, but then the goal becomes 4? lol

[Viviza]

The problem with doing DPS in raid level content that you do not outgear is that you may do more harm than good.

The advantage obviously is that a healer in cleric stance can put out decent numbers if motivated to do so. Things dying faster = good. If DPS is borderline on some sort of check, some healer DPS might help. I've run in groups where one of our healers would solo heal for a bit while the other threw some dots up (ie. the big mecha things in t4, the big snake in t5)

But the disadvantages are several. You'll find yourself stuck in cleric stance unless you're careful. You'll be on recast cooldown when someone gets hit. You'll have less MP to manage difficult situations. You might be tempted to blow cooldowns improperly. You pull extra threat. Your spells might simply miss and waste time. You might get distracted from something else you should be doing. Etc.

In a general sense I would suggest leaning on the side of caution unless you're certain that the extra dps will be helpful. DPS checks are generally designed around 4 competent players beating on it, and keeping your reaction time sharp and your MP high helps a lot against the unexpected.

[Yumi_umi]

For solo content yeah...otherwise it would be even worse than soloing as GLA/PLD.

Lol what are you smoking?
We all solo'd content as it was required for some quests etc
In T5 because of echo we can do about 1300+ dmg or 1500+ crit.
That's still a lot of damage that can be added to twin's health, the snake's health, etc
With the new accuracy on healer gear; it's like telling us "guys don't be scared! More accuracy is on the way so you can dps!"
Like the only times our cures/ buffs miss is when lag happens etc.
Why else would there be accuracy?

[Velox]

I've seen healers do this with awesome DPS before Echo. They ended up running out of MP quickly and start crying to the BRD for Mana song during P4/5

Either your healers are bad or your tanks are bad (not using cooldowns properly). I use Holy all the time for the first set of mobs (and sometimes after the first dread if the group is doing well) and never have mana issues. If your tanks know when to pop cooldowns at their most effective times and your healers know to conserve mana and not overheal a tank (trust him/her to do the job properly), then a couple Holys here and there won't hurt you.

Lol what are you smoking?
We all solo'd content as it was required for some quests etc
In T5 because of echo we can do about 1300+ dmg or 1500+ crit.
That's still a lot of damage that can be added to twin's health, the snake's health, etc
With the new accuracy on healer gear; it's like telling us "guys don't be scared! More accuracy is on the way so you can dps!"
Like the only times our cures/ buffs miss is when lag happens etc.
Why else would there be accuracy?

Remember though that healers and tanks have the lowest natural DPS. The upside for tanks is that they can take hits while DPSing. Healers on the other hand can only wear cloth armor. They NEED cleric stance to match caster DPS so that mobs die quickly before they land too many big hits. This is essentially why Cleric Stance exists, so givemeraptors is correct.