Is Selene all that?

[Cynfael]

Ya that's why I use eos. I'd rather play it safe than get a minuscule decrease in how long a fight takes. No matter how overkill eos may be it still has a chance of being very useful whereas selene will always be underwhelming unless you really need the aoe esuna.

Edit: I guess selene could be amazing if the boss is enraging and a few seconds would've made a difference.

Unfortunately the reverse is usually true; Eos brings nothing but more healing and magic mitigation, which is useless if you are perfectly fine without it. More DPS, even if marginal, is always preferred.

When I first started playing, I was of the same opinion about Eos vs. Selene, but I eventually realized why many players favored the latter for most situations.

[ckc22]

Unfortunately the reverse is usually true; Eos brings nothing but more healing and magic mitigation, which is useless if you are perfectly fine without it. More DPS, even if marginal, is always preferred.

When I first started playing, I was of the same opinion about Eos vs. Selene, but I eventually realized why many players favored the latter for most situations.

I only really use Eos for 4 man content, or I'm paired with another scholar or ast I don't know.

[Delily]

I tend to use Eos when I am learning some content, as I find the added healing lets me focus on the mechanics. One I know the encounter well enough, I'll switch to Selene, unless the other healer isn't good.

[Ballooooon]

Unfortunately the reverse is usually true; Eos brings nothing but more healing and magic mitigation, which is useless if you are perfectly fine without it. More DPS, even if marginal, is always preferred.

When I first started playing, I was of the same opinion about Eos vs. Selene, but I eventually realized why many players favored the latter for most situations.

I agree that selene is optimal if you know your decision to chose her over eos won't result in a wipe. I was just saying that since I don't usually know when that will be the case, I take eos as wiping will probably cost more time than selene saves. Like if selene saves 4.5 seconds off a 5 minute fight then wiping 2 minutes into the fight will mean that I lose time unless I've done the fight previously without wiping twenty seven times with selene. My logic is wiping 2 minutes into a fight costs 120 seconds whereas it will take twenty seven 5 minute fights with selene for the time she saves on each fight to surpass that 120 second waste.

Of course this is all theoretical, I'm just trying to explain my way of thinking when I play it safe. I really don't know how many times eos has saved a run. Let me reiterate that selene is best if eos is not the difference maker in preventing a wipe. I never have a problem with scholars taking selene.

Edit: I should also note that beyond the time factor is the human factor. I've never had anyone complain that the fight took a few seconds longer, but people tend to get pretty angry when a wipe occurs. I hate when people start yelling at each other :x