Quote Originally Posted by Magis View Post
I'd say that Swiftcast is "needed" for WHM if you are doing raids. Your chances to raise players are shot except for rare "breaks", and you lose an important "oh shit" button.
It's not really. I've played with a few people who didn't have swiftcast and they performed just fine. Thing about raising is that while of course we all know deaths happen. The way content is designed currently if you're playing your best no one should be dying at all anyway. And if someone does die, due to dodging and the cooldowns we have,(mantra, Tank CDs, healer CD's) it's not very difficult to create an opportunity for the second healer to raise. If it's 4 man most of those bosses can be kited in case of tank death or handled with regen/aldo shield long enough to raise.

Content is designed without the use of Cross Class and Limit break in mind. So while they're more optimal they aren't gamebreaking.