Cleric stance = Commendation

[Spoekes]

I despise the Cleric Shuffle so much that even when I play healer I refuse to use it.

My damage as a healer is relatively insignificant and Cleric doesn't effect DoTs so I simply don't use it.

Keeping DoTs up is far more damage from my end with little to no investment involved and I no longer risk not being able to heal the Tank and DPS properly should some one take a Critical Hit to the face.

Just my personal preference mind you, but that's how I stand.

CS does effect DoT's. All SCH say hi.
If done right, healer damage is not insignificant.

[Kuwaitum]

Something in this story rings weirdly to me..

I am a Lv.50 Scholar and I did Halatali, I know the fairy is capable to heal.. but for some reason the heals were weak. I saw the fairy Embrace heals, I assume the scholar was manually giving commands to heal. more tahn 70% of heals were done by the BLM. She started healing better when another tank joined the duty.

[PetiteMalFleur]

did the scholar summon his fairy while in cleric stance?

Summoning in cleric stance doesn't affect the fairy. But yes, the story seems off to me too. I've done the entire dungeon with my fairy solo healing while I stay in clerics. Scholar could have stood out of range for the fairy to heal, or their gear was broken.

[Sida]

The range came into my mind as well. The healing range from where the fairy auto embraces is smaller than the spell's range. I usually, even if in cleric stance happily Ruining, try to pay attention if my fairy keeps healing or not.

Also, being in CS on early levels doesn't tell the whole picture. I was leveling arcanist on the early stages in Tam Tara, and we got newish conjurer healer. I try not to step on the healer's healing preference but when the tank was reaching 10% health with not a single heal I did cast some physics. After that fight, talking with the conjurer she was "but I like doing damage more" *sigh* it's fine to toss some damage in but your job is kinda to be a healer.. then again, as it later came out, the tank was trying to be dps too. So in the end, throughout the dungeon, I was healer, my emerald pet was MT while the ninja of the group was OT.. as the healer and tank just couldn't grasp their roles regardless of me and the ninja trying to coach them.

[AskaRay]

My damage as a healer is relatively insignificant and Cleric doesn't effect DoTs so I simply don't use it.

Whoa there partner, I don't care if you don't want to DPS but don't be spreading lies here.

CS definitely absolutely affects DoTs.

[cgbspender]

WhM at high level is definitely strong. Holy obviously, crits at 1100/1400 + stuns any enemy in range. But that's not all. Even a combo Aero/Earth2/Presence of Mind will strike an average of 800/950 and crits above 1200.

Having such a WhM in a party is a huge asset for the whole team.
Saying otherwise is plain misinformation.

[Skyhunter]

I will usually comm someone based first off how well they performed their roll (healing, tanking or DPS'ing), and then second on how much else they did in addition to their role, without sacrificing anything with their role itself. So for example, I'll comm a DPS before I comm a healer that is DPS'ing and not keeping our health above a safe threshold (A safe threshold being any moment I don't have a chance of dying in the next 2 seconds).

I'll also comm for players being pleasantly social, open to learning, teaching others in a constructive manner, just anything that makes the run a more fun and enjoyable experience.

[axemtitanium]

I despise the Cleric Shuffle so much that even when I play healer I refuse to use it.

My damage as a healer is relatively insignificant and Cleric doesn't effect DoTs so I simply don't use it.

Keeping DoTs up is far more damage from my end with little to no investment involved and I no longer risk not being able to heal the Tank and DPS properly should some one take a Critical Hit to the face.

Just my personal preference mind you, but that's how I stand.

Every part of this post is factually incorrect.

[Tint]

i don't use cleric (as a whm) in low lvl dungeons because no regen until lvl 35 and most tanks drop really fast in low lvl. the dmg on low lvl is okay without cleric.

[Zaft]

I despise the Cleric Shuffle so much that even when I play healer I refuse to use it.

My damage as a healer is relatively insignificant and Cleric doesn't effect DoTs so I simply don't use it.

Keeping DoTs up is far more damage from my end with little to no investment involved and I no longer risk not being able to heal the Tank and DPS properly should some one take a Critical Hit to the face.

Just my personal preference mind you, but that's how I stand.

Your personal preference is wrong. Your damage can be significant if you're actively keeping your DoTs up and periodically nuking. Cleric DOES effect DoTs and have no idea why you'd think it doesn't. Additionally, considering everything in this game is choreographed and both healers have a way to do moderate healing while in Cleric Stance (HoT and/or fairy) and the easability of pressing "Cleric on, Cleric off", there is nearly a reason to not be DPSing as much as possible.